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
- blackness; the state of being black
Ancestry of “nigritude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | nigritudo | blackness |
| 2 | Latin | Niger | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |