Where does “noirsure” come from?

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

noirsure (Old French): blackness

Definitions

  1. blackness

Ancestry of “noirsure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnoirblack; black; having a black color
2LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
3Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ-Every word from Latin NigerEvery word from Old French noir
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