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Where does “negre” come from?

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

negre (Old Occitan): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “negre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “negre”

  • negrenc
  • negra
  • negrós
  • negre
  • negror
  • negre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →