Where does “Tamazight” come from?

Tamazight (English) comes from Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ, from Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ, from Proto-Berber *a-maziɣ — Berber.

Tamazight (English): The continuum of closely-related Amazigh languages spoken in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and other parts of northern Africa

Definitions

  1. The continuum of closely-related Amazigh languages spoken in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and other parts of northern Africa

Ancestry of “Tamazight”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Atlas Tamazightⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜa free woman; a female Amazigh, Berber, North...
2Central Atlas Tamazightⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖa free man; an Amazigh, Berber, North African
3Proto-Berber*a-maziɣBerber
Every word from Proto-Berber *a-maziɣ →Every word from Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ →Every word from Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ →