Where does “Afrikaansness” come from?
Afrikaansness (English) comes from English Afrikaans, from Afrikaans Afrikaans, from Dutch Afrikaans, from Dutch Afrikaan, from Latin africanus, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri — the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum).
Afrikaansness (English): The fact or state of being Afrikaans
Definitions
- The fact or state of being Afrikaans
Ancestry of “Afrikaansness”, step by step
Afrikaansness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Afrikaans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Afrikaans | Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language |
| 2 | Afrikaans | Afrikaans | Afrikaans, relating to Afrikaans; African,... |
| 3 | Dutch | Afrikaans | African; of, from or pertaining to Africa;... |
| 4 | Dutch | Afrikaan | African |
| 5 | Latin | africanus | African |
| 6 | Latin | Āfrica | the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica |
| 7 | Latin | āfricus | African |
| 8 | Latin | Āfri | — |
| 9 | Albanian | afër | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 10 | Proto-Albanian | apsera | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 11 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 12 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 14 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |