Where does “nwa” come from?

nwa (Louisiana Creole) comes from French noir, from Middle French noir, from Old French noir, from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

nwa (Louisiana Creole): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “nwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnoirblack in colour; drunk; inebriated; black, of...
2Middle Frenchnoirblack
3Old Frenchnoirblack; black; having a black color
4LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
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