Where does “ponegri” come from?

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

ponegri (Romanian): to slander, bad-mouth, gossip about, backbite

Definitions

  1. to slander, bad-mouth, gossip about, backbite

Ancestry of “ponegri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianînnegrito blacken
2Romaniannegrublack; dirty, grimy; black person
3LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “ponegri”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Latin Niger →Every word from Romanian negru →