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 — the god Apis.
afrikaans (Swedish): Afrikaans language
Definitions
- Afrikaans language
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 | the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica |
| 5 | Latin | āfricus | African |
| 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 | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 12 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 13 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |