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
niggerishness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English niggerish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |