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Where does “negritudine” come from?

negritudine (Italian) comes from English negritude, from French négritude, from French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin nigrum, from Latin niger, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

negritudine (Italian): negritude

Definitions

  1. negritude

Ancestry of “negritudine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnegritudeThe fact of being of black African descent,...
2Frenchnégritudenegritude
3Frenchnègrenegro; ghostwriter; friend, buddy
4Spanishnegroblack; a black person; ghost writer
5Latinnigrummasculine accusative singular of niger; neuter...
6Latinnigerwan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened
7Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
8Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
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