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