Where does “អាហ្វ្រិកខាងត្បូង” come from?
អាហ្វ្រិកខាងត្បូង (Khmer) comes from Khmer អាហ្វ្រិក, 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 “អាហ្វ្រិកខាងត្បូង”, step by step
អាហ្វ្រិកខាងត្បូង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer អាហ្វ្រិក
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | អាហ្វ្រិក | — |
| 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 |