Where does “nigredo” come from?

nigredo (Latin) comes from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

nigredo (Latin): blackness

Definitions

  1. blackness

Ancestry of “nigredo”, step by step

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