Where does “nigfant” come from?

nigfant (English) comes from English infant, from Middle English infaunt, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

nigfant (English): A black infant

Definitions

  1. A black infant

Ancestry of “nigfant”, step by step

nigfant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English infant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinfantA very young human being, from birth to somewhere...
2Middle Englishinfauntbaby, infant
3Latinīnfāntem
4Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English nigger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishniggerA black person; a person of black African...
2EnglishnegerSynonym of nigger
3Frenchnègrenegro; ghostwriter; friend, buddy
4Spanishnegroblack; a black person; ghost writer
5Latinnigrummasculine accusative singular of niger; neuter...
6Latinnigerwan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened
7Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
8Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én