Where does “noirâtre” come from?
noirâtre (French) comes from French noir, from Middle French noir, from Old French noir, from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.
noirâtre (French): blackish
Ancestry of “noirâtre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | noir | black in colour; drunk; inebriated; black, of... |
| 2 | Middle French | noir | black |
| 3 | Old French | noir | black; black; having a black color |
| 4 | Latin | Niger | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |