Where does “negret” come from?

negret (Catalan) comes from Catalan negre, from Old Catalan negre, from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

negret (Catalan): boldfaced

Definitions

  1. boldfaced

Ancestry of “negret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalannegreblack; black person
2Old Catalannegre—
3LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Latin Niger →Every word from Old Catalan negre →