noir

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French word noir comes from Hittite e-grade

e-grade (Hittite)

*nékʷts (Proto-Indo-European)

niger (Latin)

Bad; evil; ill-omened. Shining black (as opposed to ater, dull black).

neir (Old French)

noir (Middle French)

Black Black.

noir (French)

A black person. A person whose hair is dark. Dark; darkness Black in colour.. Black, of black ethnicity. Drunk; inebriated.

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