Where does “negroni” come from?

negroni (Italian) comes from Italian negri, from Italian negro, from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

negroni (Italian): negroni cocktail made from gin, Campari and vermouth

Definitions

  1. negroni cocktail made from gin, Campari and vermouth

Ancestry of “negroni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannegrimasculine plural of negro
2Italiannegroblack; negro; nigger
3LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “negroni”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Latin Niger →Every word from Italian negro →