Where does “zigger” come from?
zigger (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.
zigger (English): One who zigs
Definitions
- One who zigs
Ancestry of “zigger”, step by step
zigger traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English zig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zig | A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction; To... |
| 2 | English | Zigzag | A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions |
| 3 | French | zigzag | zigzag |
| 4 | German | Zickzack | zigzag |
| 5 | Italian | zigzagare | intransitive; to zigzag; to walk in a zigzag... |
| 6 | Russian | зигза́г | zigzag |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |