Where does “Afrika” come from?

Afrika (Hunsrik) comes from Spanish África, from Old Portuguese Africa.

Ancestry of “Afrika”, step by step

Afrika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish África

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishÁfricashortened from María (de) África, an epithet of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Africa
2Old PortugueseAfrica—

via German Afrika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAfrikaAfrica

Words derived from “Afrika”

Every word from Old Portuguese Africa →Every word from Spanish África →