Where does “noir” come from?

noir (French) comes from Middle French noir, from Old French noir, from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

noir (French): black in colour; drunk; inebriated; black, of...

Definitions

  1. black in colour; drunk; inebriated; black, of...

Ancestry of “noir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchnoirblack
2Old Frenchnoirblack; black; having a black color
3LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “noir”

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