Where does “Afristocrat” come from?
Afristocrat (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.
Afristocrat (English): A wealthy and/or elite black person
Definitions
- A wealthy and/or elite black person
Ancestry of “Afristocrat”, step by step
Afristocrat 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 aristocrat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aristocrat | One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of... |
| 2 | French | aristocrate | aristocratic; aristocrat, noble |
| 3 | French | aristocratie | an aristocracy |
| 4 | Middle French | aristocratie | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | aristocratia | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀριστοκρατίᾱ | aristocracy; the rule of the best; the rule of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄριστος | best (in multivarious contexts) |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éristos | fittest, most fitting, most suitable |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |