Where does “Africanness” come from?
Africanness (English) comes from English African, from Old French Affrican, from Latin africanus, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër, from Proto-Albanian apsera.
Africanness (English): The state or quality of being African
Definitions
- The state or quality of being African
Ancestry of “Africanness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | African | Of or pertaining to Africa; Black; synonym of... |
| 2 | Old French | Affrican | African person |
| 3 | Latin | africanus | African |
| 4 | Latin | Āfrica | — |
| 5 | Latin | āfricus | — |
| 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 | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 12 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 13 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |