Where does “nigritude” come from?

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

nigritude (English): blackness; the state of being black

Definitions

  1. blackness; the state of being black

Ancestry of “nigritude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnigritudoblackness
2LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
3Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Latin Niger →Every word from Latin nigritudo →