Where does “Afrikanerism” come from?
Afrikanerism (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 — the god Apis.
Afrikanerism (English): A word or phrase characteristic of Afrikaners;...
Definitions
- A word or phrase characteristic of Afrikaners;...
Ancestry of “Afrikanerism”, step by step
Afrikanerism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Afrikaner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica |
| 6 | Latin | āfricus | African |
| 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 | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 13 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 14 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |