Where does “incognegro” come from?
incognegro (English) comes from English incognito, from Italian incognito, from Latin incognitus, from Latin cognitus, from Latin cognōscere, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
incognegro (English): Hiding one's blackness
Definitions
- Hiding one's blackness
Ancestry of “incognegro”, step by step
incognegro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incognito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incognito | Without being known; in an assumed character, or... |
| 2 | Italian | incognito | unknown; unaware; ignorant; incognito |
| 3 | Latin | incognitus | unknown; untried, untested |
| 4 | Latin | cognitus | known (from experience), having been known; recognised, having been recognised; acquainted, having been acquainted |
| 5 | Latin | cognōscere | — |
| 6 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English Negro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Negro | A black person; a person of sub-Saharan African... |
| 2 | Spanish | negro | black; a black person; ghost writer |
| 3 | Latin | nigrum | masculine accusative singular of niger; neuter... |
| 4 | Latin | niger | wan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | nókʷts | night |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |