myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of niello

Etymology of the Italian word niello

the Italian word niello

derived from the Medieval Latin word nigellum

derived from the Latin word nigellus (somewhat black; Nigellus)

derived 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)

English niello

Catalan niella, French nielle, Italian nigella, Provençal niela, Spanish neguilla, Spanish niel