Where does “中央アフリカ共和国” come from?

中央アフリカ共和国 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 中央アフリカ, from Japanese アフリカ, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër, from Proto-Albanian apsera, from Proto-Albanian aps — the god Apis.

Ancestry of “中央アフリカ共和国”, step by step

中央アフリカ共和国 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 中央アフリカ

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	中央アフリカ	—
2	Japanese	アフリカ	Africa
3	Latin	Āfrica	the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica
4	Latin	āfricus	African
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	A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
10	Ancient Greek	Ἄπις	—
11	Coptic	ϩⲁⲡⲉ	the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
12	Egyptian	ḥp	the god Apis

via Japanese 共和国

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	共和国	republic
2	Japanese	国	a land, a large place; a country in general, a...
3	Old Japanese	国	—

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