Pickaninny

Alternative forms

• piccaninny
• pikinini

Origin

From Spanish pequeño ("little, small"), or Portuguese pequeno ("little, small")

Online_Etymology_Dictionary

or pequenino ("small one, young one")

Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Piccaninny

Noun

1. (slang, offensive, derogatory) a black child

Descendants

• Bislama: pikinini
• Kriol: biginini
• Pijin: pikinini
• Torres Strait Creole: biginini
• Tok Pisin: pikinini