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Where does “neir” come from?

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

neir (Old French): Alternative form of noir

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of noir

Ancestry of “neir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNiger—
2Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “neir”

  • noir
  • noirish
  • noirishly
  • neo-noir
  • noirishness
  • antinoir
  • noirâtre
  • noirceur
  • Afrique noire
  • outrenoir
  • noir
  • noir
  • noirsure
  • neir
  • nièr
  • noir
  • nwa
  • noer
  • naïr
  • noir
  • nwer
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