Where does “africanista” come from?
africanista (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese africano, from Old Portuguese africano, from Latin africanus, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër, from Proto-Albanian apsera.
africanista (Portuguese): Africanist
Ancestry of “africanista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | africano | African |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | africano | — |
| 3 | Latin | africanus | African |
| 4 | Latin | Āfrica | — |
| 5 | Latin | āfricus | — |
| 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 | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 12 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 13 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |