Where does “niggerishly” come from?

niggerishly (English) comes from English niggerish, 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.

niggerishly (English): In a niggerish manner

Definitions

  1. In a niggerish manner

Ancestry of “niggerishly”, step by step

niggerishly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English niggerish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishniggerishLike or characteristic of a nigger
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

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷtsEvery word from Latin niger