Where does “negro” come from?

negro (Dutch) comes from French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin nigrum, from Latin niger, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

negro (Dutch): black person

Definitions

  1. black person

Ancestry of “negro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnègrenegro; ghostwriter; friend, buddy
2Spanishnegroblack; a black person; ghost writer
3Latinnigrummasculine accusative singular of niger; neuter...
4Latinnigerwan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened
5Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
6Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “negro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Latin niger →
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