Where does “Africa-wide” come from?
Africa-wide (English) comes from English Africa, from Old French Affrike, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër, from Proto-Albanian apsera, from Proto-Albanian aps, from Latin Apis — the god Apis.
Africa-wide (English): Throughout Africa
Definitions
- Throughout Africa
Ancestry of “Africa-wide”, step by step
Africa-wide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Africa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Africa | contrasted with the Maghreb |
| 2 | Old French | Affrike | — |
| 3 | Latin | āfricus | African |
| 4 | Latin | Āfri | — |
| 5 | Albanian | afër | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 6 | Proto-Albanian | apsera | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 7 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 8 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 10 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 11 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |
via English wide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wide | Having a large physical extent from side to side;... |
| 2 | Old English | wīd | wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wīdaz | wide; broad |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weydʰh₁os | set apart, asunder, in two |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi- | two; apart, asunder |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |