Etymology of the French word nègre
the French word
nègrederived from the Spanish word
negroderived from the Latin word
niger (black; black, dark; unlucky)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nekʷ-t-derived from the Latin word
ater (black, dark; dark-colored; deadly, terrible, grisly)
Date
The earliest known usage of nègre in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
négrillon,
négrier,
négritude,
négrerie,
négro-africain,
négro-américain,
pan-nègre,
négrifier,
négrophile,
négroïde,
tête-de-nègreCognates
Dutch
neger, English
negro, French
noir, German
Neger, Icelandic
negri, Italian
negro, Lithuanian
negras, Russian
нeгp, Spanish
negro, Swedish
neger
