Where does “negro” come from?

negro (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese negro, from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

negro (Galician): black, dark colored; sad, unfortunate, ill-fated;...

Definitions

  1. black, dark colored; sad, unfortunate, ill-fated;...

Ancestry of “negro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesenegroblack
2LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
3Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “negro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Latin Niger →Every word from Old Portuguese negro →