Where does “noir” come from?

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

noir (Old French): black; black; having a black color

Definitions

  1. black; black; having a black color

Ancestry of “noir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
2Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “noir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Latin Niger →