Where does “afropolitain” come from?
afropolitain (French) comes from French africain, from French Afrique, from Old French Affrique, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër, from Proto-Albanian apsera — the god Apis.
Ancestry of “afropolitain”, step by step
afropolitain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French africain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | africain | African |
| 2 | French | Afrique | Africa |
| 3 | Old French | Affrique | — |
| 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 French métropolitain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 2 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |