Why were the people of sub-Saharan African origin referred to as Negros?

Answer 1

The terms "negro, black, colored, and Ethiopia" were all marks placed upon the Moors of Northwest by the Europeon nations in 1774. Black, according to science, means death. Colored means anything that has been painted, stained, varnished or dyed. Ethiopia meant something divided, though later the Romans changed their definition of the word to mean Land of the burnt faces. Negro is a name that was given to a river in Africa by Moors because it contained black water. Negro does mean black in Spanish. As tha slave trade kicked off, these were the names and some of the transitions Africans would go through, all with the purpose of excluding them from the greatness of their own forefathers, land, native tongue and culture.

Answer 2

"Negro" means "black" in Spanish, Portuguese, ancient Italian and the French "noir" as well as the Italian "Nero" - all of which derive from the Latin Niger (i.e. "black").

Around 1442, the Portuguese first arrived in sub-Saharan Africa while trying to find a sea route to India. The term negro, literally meaning "black", was used by the Spanish and Portuguese to refer to people. From the 18th century to the mid-20th century, "negro" (later capitalized) was considered the proper English term for all people of sub-Saharan African origin.

(Source - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro)

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Answer 3

This notion that Negroes was a Spanish term for "black" is incorrect. Negroes came from the Ethiopians dialect. It was a term to distinguish the difference between Ethiopians and the new Immigration of refugees from the East beyond the rivers of Nergo.

According to Ethiopian tales, tribes of people flooded into Ethiopia (now called Africa) roughly around 70AD, in a means of escaping the invading Roman armies.

By 922AD Ethiopians began trading these "Negroes" as slaves in exchange for rum and guns. However as the slave trade began too boom, the same Ethiopian "Negroes" traders began to be kidnapped themselves by, Europeans, Muslims and "Jews".

Till this day the difference between Negroes and Africans in the Western Hemisphere is not well defined. Ignorance has lead many to put all "black skinned" people into the same category called "Negroes" however this statement is not true.

Africa is broken up into many tribes and creeds, Negroes do not retaining any original ancestor from modern day African nations. Many African tribes still question today where Negroes came from.

The word "negro" means "black" in Spanish and Portuguese, from the Latin Niger ("black") and Greek Νέγρος Négros ("black").

Answer 4

The Spanish/Portuguese noun Negro, a descendant of the Latin adjective niger ("color black").