Etymograph

English

goonigger

Blend of gooner + nigger.

A blend of gooner + nigger

English goon ‘to enter a trance-like state after…’

English gooner

Latin niger ‘black’

Spanish negro ‘black’

Middle French nègre ‘a black person’

English nigger

Today it means

noun A person, especially one of African descent, who is involved with gooning.

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

Etymograph / goonigger