Does anyone Know the Origin of the word "N I G G E R"?

Answer 1

no and who cares........horrible word

Answer 2

People in the south didn't pronounce the letter O in a word they said UH so it sounded like nigra later they kind of dropped the g and it sounded like ****** the northerners put the r back on the word
People in maine talk the same way if the word ends in a they replace the a with an r and vice versa

Answer 3

****** is a term used to refer to dark-skinned peoples, especially Africans or Negroids. Its use by other races, particularly white people [citation needed], is regarded as offensive in most social contexts.

At the time of the Atlantic slave trade, it was a standard, casual English term for black people. The word later became associated with an overt contempt, a racist assumption of inherent black inferiority, making it extremely pejorative.


The Spanish word ***** originates from the Latin word niger, meaning black

Answer 4

The word you are referring to “n.i.g.g.e.r.” is a derivation from the name of the country Nigeria. The country of Nigeria located in South African has a population that is about 99% black. When the slave exchange began in the 1600’s the explorers who went to Africa misinterpreted the name Nigeria and pronounced it as “Niggeria” and the black inhabitants were called Niggerians which was shortened to “n.i.g.g.e.r.” So through simple ignorance and a mistake made over 400 years ago we now have a hate filled word that is actually incorrect to use.

Answer 5

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.

" 'You're a fool ******, and the worst day's work Pa ever did was to buy you,' said Scarlett slowly. ... There, she thought, I've said '******' and Mother wouldn't like that at all." [Margaret Mitchell, "Gone With the Wind," 1936]

Used in combinations (e.g. ******-brown, ******-head, ******-toe) since 1840s for various dark brown or black hues or objects; euphemistic substitutions (e.g. Zulu) began to appear in these senses c.1917.

Answer 6

I think it actually came from a Scandinavian word, "*********," meaning tightfisted. I don't know how it got its current meaning, although I would guess it had to do with the fact that it sounds so similar to the word "*****."

Answer 7

Not really. Do you know the origin of the word Microwave ? .. Who knows ? Good Luck ! :)

Answer 8

I believe it has something to do with Africans that originated in Nigeria, and were ripped from their homes to be slaves to European and American people.

Answer 9

I think you know the answer and are just wanting to make someone mad with the word...especially the way you wrote it.

If you really want to know..it's a rude version of *****.

I HATE that word!

Answer 10

not sure of what the actual meaning is but it was first used to describe Irish immigrants in north America during the first major influx

Answer 11

Yes, it came from a C R A C K E R!