Where does “negrós” come from?
negrós (Catalan) comes from Catalan negre, from Old Catalan negre, from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.
negrós (Catalan): blackish
Ancestry of “negrós”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | negre | black; black person |
| 2 | Old Catalan | negre | — |
| 3 | Latin | Niger | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |