Where does “negrecer” come from?

negrecer (Spanish) comes from Latin nigresco, from Latin nigreō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

negrecer (Spanish): to turn black, become black

Definitions

  1. to turn black, become black

Ancestry of “negrecer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinnigrescoI blacken, darken
2Latinnigreōto be black or dark
3Latin-eō
4Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
5Proto-Italic-ējō
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eōEvery word from Latin nigreō