Etymograph

English

Negrescu

Negrescu 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–presentNegrescu
  4. 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–presentNegrescu
  4. 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, actin, negro, gymnast, naga, nox, nocturne, nudism, 50 more

through Latin niger ‘wan, shining black’

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

Today it means

name A surname from Romanian.

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

Etymograph / Latin niger / Negrescu

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