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Where does “nigged” come from?

nigged (English) comes from English nig, from English nigger, from English neger, from French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin nigrum, from Latin niger, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts — bare, naked.

nigged (English): Roughly shaped with a stonecutter's hammer;...

Definitions

  1. Roughly shaped with a stonecutter's hammer;...

Ancestry of “nigged”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishnigniggard; nigger; to behave as a stereotypical...
2EnglishniggerA black person; a person of black African...
3EnglishnegerSynonym of nigger
4Frenchnègrenegro; ghostwriter; friend, buddy
5Spanishnegroblack; a black person; ghost writer
6Latinnigrummasculine accusative singular of niger; neuter...
7Latinnigerwan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened
8Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
9Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
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