myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of negro

Etymology of the Spanish word negro

the Spanish word negro

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)

French nègre

Dutch neger, English negro, French noir, French nègre, German Neger, Icelandic negri, Italian negro, Lithuanian negras, Russian нeгp, Swedish neger