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Where does “niggerless” come from?

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

niggerless (English): Without any negroes; without black people

Definitions

  1. Without any negroes; without black people

Ancestry of “niggerless”, step by step

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