Where does “nigrificare” come from?
nigrificare (Latin) comes from Latin niger, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.
nigrificare (Latin): to blacken
Ancestry of “nigrificare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | niger | wan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | nókʷts | night |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |
Words derived from “nigrificare”