Words that come from Old Portuguese negro

121 words across 17 languages descend from Old Portuguese negro — including negro, nigger, nigga, nog, negritude, eggnog, negroid, Niggertown.

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English (74)

Portuguese (10)

French (7)

Swedish (5)

Danish (4)

Galician (3)

German (3)

Russian (2)

Japanese (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Icelandic (1)

Hungarian (1)

Armenian (1)

Dutch (1)

Romanian (1)