Etymology of the English word nigritude
the English word
nigritudederived from the Latin word
nigritudoderived from the Latin word
niger (black; black, dark; unlucky)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nekĘ·-t-derived from the Latin word
ater (black, dark; dark-colored; deadly, terrible, grisly)
derived from the Latin word
nigrusDate
The earliest known usage of nigritude in English dates from the 17th century.
