niger-, nigri-, negr-

(Latin: the color black)

The word "negro" comes from Latin neger through French négre and Spanish and Portuguese negro.

denigrate
denigrated
denigrates
denigrating
denigration
denigrative
denigrator
dignigratory
negress
negrine
A resemblance to or like negroes.
negritic
negrito
negro
negroid
negrophila

Other related "dark; shadow, shade; black" units: lygo-; melan-; nocti-; nycti-; scoto-; skio-; umbra-.


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