Where does “nigrigar” come from?

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

nigrigar (Ido): to blacken, make black, turn black

Definitions

  1. to blacken, make black, turn black

Ancestry of “nigrigar”, step by step

nigrigar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ido nigra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idonigrablack
2Esperantonigrablack
3LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via Esperanto nigrigi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantonigrigi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Latin Niger →Every word from Esperanto nigra →
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