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

Definitions

  1. to blacken

Ancestry of “nigrificare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnigerwan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened
2Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
3Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “nigrificare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Latin niger →