Where does “niggerishness” come from?
niggerishness (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.
niggerishness (English): The quality of being niggerish
Definitions
- The quality of being niggerish
Ancestry of “niggerishness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | niggerish | Like or characteristic of a nigger |
| 2 | English | nigger | A black person; a person of black African... |
| 3 | English | neger | Synonym of nigger |
| 4 | French | nègre | negro; ghostwriter; friend, buddy |
| 5 | Spanish | negro | black; a black person; ghost writer |
| 6 | Latin | nigrum | masculine accusative singular of niger; neuter... |
| 7 | Latin | niger | wan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nókʷts | night |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |