wats the history of the N-word?

Question

Is this word purely american or is it derived from another language. Also, just the general history of the word.

Answer 1

The etymology of n* is often traced to the Latin niger, meaning black. The Latin niger became the noun ***** (black person) in English, and simply the color black in Spanish and Portuguese.

It is likely that n* is a phonetic spelling of the white Southern mispronunciation of *****.

Answer 2

well the n word was as you probably know was a way to say how disgusting blacks were..but this word actually means ignorant!!!! Hey but i don't recomend you using the n word as your new vocab. if you know what i mean
-emelia-

Answer 3

Tonalc: read your explanation, never heard this theory before
let me know what references I can read up further on this.

Answer 4

if you're not offended by seeing the word in its description, check this out. it's a little lengthy, but accurate:

http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/2420/******_the_word_a_brief_history

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/******

****** is Nword