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

Definitions

  1. to turn black, blacken

Ancestry of “nigreskar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idonigrablack
2Esperantonigrablack
3LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Latin Niger →Every word from Esperanto nigra →