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
Ancestry of “negricios”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | negru | black; dirty, grimy; black person |
| 2 | Latin | Niger | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |