English
Niro
Niro comes from Neapolitan niro ‘black’, and goes back to Latin niger.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnigeras nigrum‘wan, shining black’
- Neapolitanmodernniro‘black’
- Italianc. 1300–presentNiro
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnigeras nigrum‘wan, shining black’
- Neapolitanmodernniro‘black’
- Italianc. 1300–presentNiro
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts ‘night’
through Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- ‘bare, naked’
night, naked, nude, gymnastics, negro, nocturnal, gymnasium, actin, gymnast, naga, nox, nocturne, nudism, 50 more
through Latin niger ‘wan, shining black’
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin niger / Niro