I'm not trying to be racist or wide but what is the origon of the N word?

Question

Fiesta - get that chip of your shoulder hun.

It was a straight forward question as I am curious about where words and terms came from.

Jeeez....

Answer 1

The Spanish word negro originates from the Latin word niger, meaning black. In English, negro or neger became negar and finally ******, most likely under influence of French nègre. Neger (sometimes spelled "neggar") prevailed in northern New York under the Dutch and also in Philadelphia, in its Moravian and Pennsylvania Dutch communities. For example, the New York City African Burial Ground was originally known as "Begraaf Plaats van de Neger."

In the United States, the word ****** was not originally considered derogatory, but merely denotative of black, as it was in much of the world. In nineteenth-century American literature, there are many uses of the word ****** with no intended negative connotation (see below). The perception of the term ****** as derogatory is no doubt related to the fact that the Negro race itself was widely regarded as inferior, lazy, simian-like in appearance, stupid, and criminally inclined, by many whites of the time. There is an observable pattern of terms denoting black people which have come to be regarded as derogatory, just as exist for all ethnic groups. Some well known ones are: ******, darky, coon, Spook, and colored, all of which were at various times acceptable, but are now considered offensive in North America. Black was generally the preferred term from the late 1960s until the 1990s, but has now been displaced in politically correct usage by African American, which resembles the term Afro-American that was in vogue in the early 1970s. However, Black continues in widespread popular use as a racial designation.

In Cuba the Spanish word prieto (similar origin to the Portuguese preto) is not derogatory. In Cuba a prieto is someone who is very dark, but not black ("Negro"). The Spanish word for "black" is "negro." White Southern dialect in many parts of the southern United States changes the pronunciation of "Negro" to "nigra." The form "******" may have come about from "nigra" through metathesis.

At times, black people have appropriated the slur, subverting it to a self-referential term that is often suggestive of familiarity, endearment, or kinship.

The word is occasionally spelt nigguh or even nikuh in imitation of some speakers' pronunciation. However, the forms ***** and niggah are far more common alternatives. Other variations designed to avoid the term itself include nookah, nukka, and nagger.

Answer 2

remarkable factor its defiantly overused, quite generally in the incorrect context. it relatively is used in a controversy because of the fact it needs no explanation and its less demanding and greater valuable to call all human beings a racist. It provokes a tactics greater reaction from human beings as persons do no longer choose the ta bu of being a racist as a effect the different character wins the argument. it is so maximum ordinarily utilized this cutting-edge day too it relatively is no longer approximately shade yet all factors of discrimination similar to gender, sexuality, weight, height, age, type etc

Answer 3

It's just a corruption of the Spanish word Negro for black. To take offence is not to know anything of the wider world. But as the saying goes" There are more horses a*ses than horses."

Answer 4

"****** is a term used to refer to dark-skinned peoples, especially Africans or Negroids. It is often used by other races, including blacks, and is often regarded as offensive.

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."

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"At times, black people have appropriated the slur, subverting it to a self-referential term that is often suggestive of familiarity, endearment, or kinship."

see the sources for more info.

Answer 5

The Spanish word negro originates from the Latin word niger, meaning black. In English, negro or neger became negar and finally the N word, most likely under influence of French nègre from the Latin niger.

Answer 6

check out the latin meaning, for all those who reconed it was spanish in origin and the person who mentioned the french link you were close as both spanish and french are similar in so much as they both have latin roots, but im sure the n word derives from the latin. somehow i think david s is going to get this one though as he seems to be some sort of liguistics wizz

Answer 7

the words origin comes from the word negro for black(Latin is the true origin), the racist form of the word came from American whites during slavery.

Answer 8

It is a slang term from the SPanish word "negro" which means black. The word Negro was used by the Spanish who traded African slaves in the 1400's to refer to the black slaves.

Answer 9

The word "negro" is Spanish for "black" and is still used when referring to a person of African heritage. Perhaps that particular phrase was derived from "negro".

Answer 10

I believe it is a ba*tardisation of the word "negro" which is used to describe black people.
(negroid = black, afro/caribbean
caucasian = white, eastern european, asian
mongoloid = eastern asian)
I think the word came into vogue during the african slave trade.