Where does “Afrikanerdom” come from?
Afrikanerdom (English) comes from English Afrikaner, from Afrikaans Afrikaner, from Dutch Afrikaan, from Latin africanus, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër.
Afrikanerdom (English): The world or sphere of Afrikaners
Definitions
- The world or sphere of Afrikaners
Ancestry of “Afrikanerdom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Afrikaner | A member of an ethnic group of northwestern... |
| 2 | Afrikaans | Afrikaner | Afrikaner; African |
| 3 | Dutch | Afrikaan | African |
| 4 | Latin | africanus | African |
| 5 | Latin | Āfrica | — |
| 6 | Latin | āfricus | — |
| 7 | Latin | Āfri | — |
| 8 | Albanian | afër | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 9 | Proto-Albanian | apsera | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 10 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 11 | Latin | Apis | — |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 13 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 14 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |