Where does “Camfranglais” come from?
Camfranglais (English) comes from English franglais, from French franglais, from French Anglais, from French -ais, from Old French -eis, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum — to turn.
Camfranglais (English): A macaronic language spoken in Cameroon
Definitions
- A macaronic language spoken in Cameroon
Ancestry of “Camfranglais”, step by step
Camfranglais traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English franglais
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | franglais | Alternative letter-case form of Franglais |
| 2 | French | franglais | Franglais |
| 3 | French | Anglais | English person; Englishman; An Anglo-American or... |
| 4 | French | -ais | The first-person and second-person singular... |
| 5 | Old French | -eis | used to form nationalities; used to form names of... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | -iscus | -ish |
| 7 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 8 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 9 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 10 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English Cameroon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Cameroon | A sheep of a domesticated breed from West Africa;... |
| 2 | French | Cameroun | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | Camarões | — |
| 4 | Portuguese | Rio dos Camarões | River of Shrimps |