negro
English
/ˈniɡɹoʊ/, /ˈniːɡɹəʊ/
adj
Definitions
- (dated) Relating to the black ethnicity.
- (dated) Black or dark brown in color.
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese negro (black, a black African) derived from Latin nigrum (black) derived from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (night).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*nókʷts
Gloss
night
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
夜
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antinegro English
- benegro English
- head English
- negrify English
- negrofication English
- negrofy English
- negrohead English
- negroid English
- negroism English
- negroization English
- negroize English
- negrolatry English
- negrolike English
- negrophile English
- negrophilia English
- negrophilism English
- negrophobic English
- galerum nigrum Latin
- niger Latin
- nigrum Latin
- noctem Latin
- noctula Latin
- nocturnus Latin
- nox Latin
- negro Italian
- nero Italian
- nègre French
- negro Spanish, Castilian
- νύξ Ancient Greek
- *nókʷts Proto-Indo-European
- antinegro Portuguese
- denegrir Portuguese
- enegrecer Portuguese
- negreiro Portuguese
- negrice Portuguese
- negrito Portuguese
- negro Portuguese
- *nahts Proto-Germanic
- नक्त Sanskrit
- नक्ति Sanskrit
- *netopyřь Proto-Slavic
- *noťь Proto-Slavic
- neir Old French
- noir Old French
- negru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- negro Old Portuguese
- *noxs Proto-Celtic
- *aktúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nákts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- negru Aromanian
- nair Romansh
- ner Romansh
- negru Asturian
- neri Friulian
- negre Old Occitan
- nìuru Sicilian
- *naktā Proto-Albanian
- *naktís Proto-Balto-Slavic
- néigro Ligurian
- nìgaro Istriot
- 𐬥𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬎 Avestan
- nêr Franco-Provençal
- negru Istro-Romanian
- negru Megleno-Romanian