Where does “nigger logic” come from?
nigger logic (English) comes from English logic, from French logique, from Latin logica, from Latin logicus, from Ancient Greek λογικός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
nigger logic (English): Any form of thinking or reasoning that is considered erroneous, illogical, or based in fantasy
Definitions
- Any form of thinking or reasoning that is considered erroneous, illogical, or based in fantasy
Ancestry of “nigger logic”, step by step
nigger logic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English logic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | logic | logical; A method of human thought that involves... |
| 2 | French | logique | logic; logical |
| 3 | Latin | logica | nominative feminine singular of logicus;... |
| 4 | Latin | logicus | logical; reasonable |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λογικός | Belonging to speech: prose; Belonging to reason:... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English nigger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nigger | A black person; a person of black African... |
| 2 | English | neger | Synonym of nigger |
| 3 | French | nègre | negro; ghostwriter; friend, buddy |
| 4 | Spanish | negro | black; a black person; ghost writer |
| 5 | Latin | nigrum | masculine accusative singular of niger; neuter... |
| 6 | Latin | niger | wan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | nókʷts | night |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |