Where does “africanização” come from?

africanização (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese africanizar, from Portuguese africano, from Old Portuguese africano, from Latin africanus, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër — the god Apis.

africanização (Portuguese): Africanization the act or process of Africanizing

Definitions

  1. Africanization the act or process of Africanizing

Ancestry of “africanização”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseafricanizarto Africanize
2PortugueseafricanoAfrican
3Old Portugueseafricano
4LatinafricanusAfrican
5LatinĀfricathe territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica
6LatināfricusAfrican
7LatinĀfri
8Albanianafërat, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to
9Proto-Albanianapseraat, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to
10Proto-Albanianaps
11LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
12Ancient GreekἌπις
13Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
14Egyptianḥpthe god Apis
Every word from Egyptian ḥpEvery word from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἄπις