Noir etymology

French

French word noir comes from Hittite e-grade

Etymology of noir

Detailed word origin of noir

Dictionary entry Language Definition
e-grade Hittite (hit)
*nékʷts Proto-Indo-European (ine)
niger Latin (lat) Bad; evil; ill-omened. Shining black (as opposed to ater, dull black).
neir Old French (fro)
noir Middle French (frm) Black Black.
noir French (fr) A black person. A person whose hair is dark. Dark; darkness Black in colour.. Black, of black ethnicity. Drunk; inebriated.

Words with the same origin as noir

Descendants of e-grade

nuit