English word nigger comes from Hittite e-grade
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| e-grade | Hittite (hit) | |
| *nékʷts | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| nigrum | Latin (lat) | |
| negro | Spanish (spa) | Ghost writer. The black colour. The black ethnicity (Spain) angry. Black (color). Clandestine. Dirty. Sad. |
| négresse | French (fra) | (Louisiana French) [term of endearment] honey, baby, precious. (Louisiana French) girlfriend. (Louisiana French) wife. (offensive) negress. |
| nigger | English (eng) | (African American Vernacular English) A friend.. (African American Vernacular English) Informal term of address.. (UK, Cornwall, fishing, archaic) A kind of sea cucumber, Holothuria forskali, the cotton spinner.. (archaic) A black caterpillar, the larva of the turnip sawfly.. (archaic) A strong iron-bound timber with sharp teeth or spikes protruding from its front face, forming part of the [...] |