Where does “niggerlips” come from?
niggerlips (English) comes from English lips, from English Philips, from English Philip, from Middle English Philip, from Ancient Greek φίλιππος, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ- — together, one.
niggerlips (English): A person, especially a black person, with large...
Definitions
- A person, especially a black person, with large...
Ancestry of “niggerlips”, step by step
niggerlips traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lips
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lips | plural of lip; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | Philips | — |
| 3 | English | Philip | One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the Bible; one of the seven deacons |
| 4 | Middle English | Philip | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φίλιππος | fond of horses |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φιλέω | I love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀτέλεια | exemption from public burdens, immunity |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
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 |