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Where does “negricios” come from?

negricios (Romanian) comes from Romanian negru, from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

negricios (Romanian): blackish; somewhat black

Definitions

  1. blackish; somewhat black

Ancestry of “negricios”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannegrublack; dirty, grimy; black person
2LatinNiger—
3Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
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