Where does “Afrique noire” come from?
Afrique noire (French) comes from French Afrique, from Old French Affrique, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër, from Proto-Albanian apsera, from Proto-Albanian aps.
Ancestry of “Afrique noire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | Afrique | Africa |
| 2 | Old French | Affrique | — |
| 3 | Latin | Āfrica | — |
| 4 | Latin | āfricus | — |
| 5 | Latin | Āfri | — |
| 6 | Albanian | afër | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 7 | Proto-Albanian | apsera | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 8 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 9 | Latin | Apis | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 11 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 12 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |