Where does “Afristocracy” come from?
Afristocracy (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 — the god Apis.
Afristocracy (English): Wealthy and/or elite black people collectively
Definitions
- Wealthy and/or elite black people collectively
Ancestry of “Afristocracy”, step by step
Afristocracy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English African
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | African | Of or pertaining to Africa; Black; synonym of... |
| 2 | Old French | Affrican | African person |
| 3 | Latin | africanus | African |
| 4 | Latin | Āfrica | the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica |
| 5 | Latin | āfricus | African |
| 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 | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 12 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 13 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |
via English aristocracy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aristocracy | The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class;... |
| 2 | Middle French | aristocratie | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | aristocratia | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀριστοκρατίᾱ | aristocracy; the rule of the best; the rule of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄριστος | best (in multivarious contexts) |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éristos | fittest, most fitting, most suitable |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |