Etymograph

English

Negrești

Negrești comes from Romanian negru ‘black’, and goes back to Latin niger.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnigeras nigrum‘wan, shining black’
  2. Romanianc. 1500–presentnegru‘black’
  3. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentNegrea
  4. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentNegrești
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnigeras nigrum‘wan, shining black’
  2. Romanianc. 1500–presentnegru‘black’
  3. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentNegrea
  4. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentNegrești
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts ‘night’

nights, nightly, 26 more

through Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- ‘bare, naked’

night, naked, nude, gymnastics, nocturnal, gymnasium, negro, gymnast, naga, actin, nox, nocturne, nudism, 50 more

through Latin niger ‘wan, shining black’

noir, niger, nigger, denigrate, nigella, negroni, 17 more

Today it means

name A village in Mogoș, Alba County, Romania.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin niger / Negrești

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