Not positive the origins of the word Negro, but I suspect it came from the spanish world negro’, meaning black.
Am I off base here?
It has its roots in Latin back to the Roman Empire
What is the Latin word for black?
Latin words for black
ater atricolor
carbo furvus
niger nigrans
nigrum, perniger
pulleiaceus pullejaceus
nigredo teter
nigrum nigro
nigris
Latin....Niger....black
You are correct....Spanish for black
The Latin word for “shiny black” is nigre, or nigra.
The proper name for the race is “Negroid”.
According to Google and latin dictionary:
Latin; “Negro” Aethiops - area south of Egypt now Ethiopia
black - “ater”
shining black “niger”
French: “negre” adjective / noun “Le Noir”
Spanish “negro” adj
“ el negro” noun
Goes back to Roman times and African culture
four races:
caucasian
negroid
mongoloid
south seas islanders
That is precisely it.