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
- Africanization the act or process of Africanizing
Ancestry of “africanização”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | africanizar | to Africanize |
| 2 | Portuguese | africano | African |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | africano | — |
| 4 | Latin | africanus | African |
| 5 | Latin | Āfrica | the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica |
| 6 | Latin | āfricus | African |
| 7 | Latin | Āfri | — |
| 8 | Albanian | afër | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 9 | Proto-Albanian | apsera | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 10 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 11 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 13 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 14 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |