Where does “nigrine” come from?

nigrine (English) comes from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

nigrine (English): A ferruginous variety of rutile

Definitions

  1. A ferruginous variety of rutile

Ancestry of “nigrine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
2Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Latin Niger →