English
aponigricon
Aponigricon comes from Latin niger ‘black’, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- ‘bare, naked’, and perhaps ultimately from *nókʷts ‘night’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nókʷts1‘night’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*negʷ-1‘bare, naked’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEniger2‘black’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011aponigricon2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin niger
- 2 Wiktionary, English aponigricon
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2011, Lorenzo Iorio: “Indeed, the speed of, say, S2 at perinigricon is…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nókʷtsWiktionary, Latin niger‘night’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*negʷ-Wiktionary, Latin niger‘bare, naked’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnigerWiktionary, English aponigricon‘black’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011aponigriconWiktionary, English aponigricon. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2011, Lorenzo Iorio: “Indeed, the speed of, say, S2 at perinigricon is…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts ‘night’
through Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- ‘bare, naked’
night, naked, nude, negro, gymnastics, nocturnal, gymnasium, actin, gymnast, naga, nox, nocturne, nudism, 49 more
through Latin niger ‘black’
Today it means
noun Apoapsis around a black hole.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “aponigricon”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin niger. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts / aponigricon