Where does “中央アフリカ帝国” come from?

中央アフリカ帝国 (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.

中央アフリカ帝国 (Japanese): the Central African Empire

Definitions

  1. the Central African Empire

Ancestry of “中央アフリカ帝国”, step by step

中央アフリカ帝国 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 中央アフリカ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese中央アフリカ—
2JapaneseアフリカAfrica
3LatinĀfricathe territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica
4LatināfricusAfrican
5LatinĀfri—
6Albanianafërat, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to
7Proto-Albanianapseraat, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to
8Proto-Albanianaps—
9LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
10Ancient GreekἌπις—
11Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
12Egyptianḥpthe god Apis

via Japanese 帝国

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese帝国empire
Every word from Egyptian ḥp →Every word from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἄπις →