Latin

niger

‘black’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin niger.

23 English words in this record descend from Latin niger, most familiar first.

• noir
• niger
• nigger ← nègre ← negro
• denigrate ← dēnigrātus ← dēnigrō ← nigrō
• nigella ← nigellus
• negroni ← negro
• niello ← nigellus
• neger ← nègre ← negro
• aponigricon
• nigrescence ← nigrescens ← nigrēscō ← nigreō
• nigrescent ← nigrescens ← nigrescere
• nigredo

More words from niger

• nigrosine
• nigraniline
• nigrification
• nigritude
• nigrine
• nigrite
• nigeran
• nigritudinous
• noirette
• perinigricon
• transmisogynoir

Etymograph / Latin niger