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
Ancestry of “noirsure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | noir | black; black; having a black color |
| 2 | Latin | Niger | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |