Where does “afreatsã” come from?
afreatsã (Aromanian) comes from Latin africia, from Latin Africa, from English Africa, from Old French Affrike, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër, from Proto-Albanian apsera — the god Apis.
afreatsã (Aromanian): a kind of cake or bread, from dough baked in an...
Definitions
- a kind of cake or bread, from dough baked in an...
Ancestry of “afreatsã”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | africia | a type of cake used in sacrifices |
| 2 | Latin | Africa | the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica |
| 3 | English | Africa | contrasted with the Maghreb |
| 4 | Old French | Affrike | — |
| 5 | Latin | āfricus | African |
| 6 | Latin | Āfri | — |
| 7 | Albanian | afër | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 8 | Proto-Albanian | apsera | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 9 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 10 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 12 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 13 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |