Where does “afrikaans” come from?
afrikaans (Swedish) comes from Dutch Afrikaans, from Dutch Afrikaan, from Latin africanus, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër, from Proto-Albanian apsera.
afrikaans (Swedish): Afrikaans
Ancestry of “afrikaans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Afrikaans | African; of, from or pertaining to Africa;... |
| 2 | Dutch | Afrikaan | African |
| 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 | — |