Where does “panafrican” come from?
panafrican (Romanian) comes from French panafricain, from French africain, from French Afrique, from Old French Affrique, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër — the god Apis.
panafrican (Romanian): Pan-African
Definitions
- Pan-African
Ancestry of “panafrican”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | panafricain | Pan-African |
| 2 | French | africain | African |
| 3 | French | Afrique | Africa |
| 4 | Old French | Affrique | — |
| 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 |