Where does “nigreskar” come from?
nigreskar (Ido) comes from Ido nigra, from Esperanto nigra, from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.
nigreskar (Ido): to turn black, blacken
Ancestry of “nigreskar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ido | nigra | black |
| 2 | Esperanto | nigra | black |
| 3 | Latin | Niger | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |