Where did the word ******* come from?

Answer 1

In its early use, ni**er had nothing to do with black people. It was a word used to describe someone dumb, ignorant & useless. It was used to describe slaves so much, ***** people became part of its definition. Recently, there was a successful initiative to have the reference to black people removed from Webster's dictionary.

Here is an official definition of the word from an etymology dictionary ( it gives the history of words in addition to definition) :***·ger
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1786, earlier neger (1568, Scot. and northern England dialect), from Fr. nègre, from Sp. ***** (see *****). From the earliest usage it was "the term that carries with it all the obloquy and contempt and rejection which whites have inflicted on blacks" [cited in Gowers, 1965]. But as black inferiority was at one time a near universal assumption in Eng.-speaking lands, the word in some cases could be used without insult. More sympathetic writers late 18c. and early 19c. seem to have used black (n.) and, after the American Civil War, colored person. Also applied by Eng. settlers to dark-skinned native peoples in India, Australia, Polynesia. The reclamation of the word as a neutral or positive term in black culture, often with a suggestion of "soul" or "style," is attested first in the Amer. South, later (1968) in the Northern, urban-based Black Power movement. Variant ******, attested from 1925 (without the -h, from 1969), is found usually in situations where blacks use the word. Nigra (1944), on the other hand, reflects a pronunciation in certain circles of *****, but meant to suggest ******, and is thus deemed (according to a 1960 slang dictionary) "even more derog. than '******.' " Slang phrase ****** in the woodpile attested by 1800; "A mode of accounting for the disappearance of fuel; an unsolved mystery" [R.H. Thornton, "American Glossary," 1912]. ****** heaven, "the top gallery in a (segregated) theater" first attested 1878 in ref. to Troy, N.Y.

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Answer 3

Nigerians then shortened to the N word, then they decide black covered most, but then they decided African-American hence the Nigerian thing again but harder to get bad nick name. So whats next is what I want to know. Were Caucasians, white, but were a mix too a want a new name and privileges for special race how about you guys?

Answer 4

Not sure about the word's origin. But I consider the word to be offensive and I think a lot of other people do too.

Answer 5

***** is Spanish for black. The first people to exploit Africans for slavery were the Spanish who called them ******. Eventually, the word became twisted (and slightly modified) to become something hateful.

Answer 6

it's a distortion of the word "*****", which means black in several european language including spanish and french.

it was also derived from the word "niger", which is the latin word for black.

the distortion is similar in fashion to term truncations like "chinks" for the chinese and/or yellow asians, and "flips" for filipinos living in the united states.

Answer 7

From an arabic word.

Answer 8

From the country Nigeria ...lol ,...
Seriously , Niger means black in french .. its clear to see where the n - word came from ...

Answer 9

it comes from the word niggeria were all those people came from

Answer 10

I have no clue. But please don't use that word in your question. You might be at risk at being reported by others who get offended.