Where does “nigra” come from?

nigra (Ido) comes from Esperanto nigra, from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

nigra (Ido): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “nigra”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nigra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Latin Niger →Every word from Esperanto nigra →