nigger

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

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Phát âm là (IPA)
/ˈnɪɡə(ɹ)/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

In summary

From Latin niger (“black”). Compare Danish neger, Swedish neger, German Neger, Dutch neger. First use appears c. 1577, in the writings of Edward Hellowes (fl. 1574–1601). The expected Modern English pronunciation would be with /iː/; compare neger. The modern pronunciation with /ɪ/ may be due to influence from the Latin etymon (compare the older Southern US pronunciation of negro with /ɪ/), but compare the dialectal American pronunciations of eagle and eager as /ˈɪɡəl/ and /ˈɪɡɚ/.

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