Where does “ponegreală” come from?

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

ponegreală (Romanian): slander, calumny

Definitions

  1. slander, calumny

Ancestry of “ponegreală”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianponegrito slander, bad-mouth, gossip about, backbite
2Romanianînnegrito blacken
3Romaniannegrublack; dirty, grimy; black person
4LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Latin Niger →Every word from Romanian negru →
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