where did the derogatory word nigger originate
In the English language, the word nigger is an ethnic slur, usually directed at black people. The word originated as a neutral term referring to people with black skin, as a variation of the Spanish and Portuguese noun negro, a descendant of the Latin adjective niger (black).tymologically, negro, noir, negre, nÃ¨gre and nigger ultimately derive from, nigrum the stem of The latin (niger) (black [pronounced] ËniÉ¡er, which in every other grammatical, case grammatical, gender and grammatical number besides nominative masculine, singular is- , nigr the r is). trilled