FACT OF THE DAY "Origin of the word negro"

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so....

since the bubonic plague was commonly called the "black death"... does that mean it is really the "death death"?
 

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I dunno why this thread is getting this kinda reception, nearly all negaitive comments

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it's a latin word, not a greek one

"member of a black-skinned race of Africa," 1550s, from Spanish or Portuguese negro "black," from Latin nigrum (nominative niger) "black, dark, sable, dusky,"

it's pretty unclear in linguistic history when greek and latin had significant bearing on one another, i wouldn't say latin has origins in classical greek at all, greek is not even an italic language

the two languages (greek and latin) existed in parts of the italian peninsula, with greek in the south and latin in central italy (or what we now call italy).

so yeah breh, back to the drawing board. your theory doesn't stand up
 

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Negro just means black in Spanish....like you said..when a Spanish person is saying negra or negro..they're talmbout black...not dead..

Mods..put this thread in the race track:camby:
 

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you know that last weave/wig/hairhat thread that had the vid and pages of dudes going in on women again....

cause the women were talking about hte reason they wore the shyt was some super esoteric Holy Roman Empire times shyt?

Same shyt applies here. I swear I thought about this exact subject when I saw that thread this morning.
 

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This sounds legit to the point where I will just repeat it without Googling. Good job OP
 

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mfs referencing 16th century spanish which has latin origins, in place of latin which is 2,000+ yrs old

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