verb/deniˈɡɾaɾ/
to denigrate
Synonyms: detraer
Related: denigración, denigrante
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Latin niger Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nigrō Latin dēnigrāre Spanish denigrar Inherited from Latin dēnigrāre (“to blacken”).