African

/ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/ · /ˈæf.ɹə.kən/

Etymology Attested as a noun in early New English Aphricane, Africans (plural), Middle English as Affrican, Aufrican and Old English as Africanas (“Africans”) (only plural). From Latin āfricānae, from āfricānus, from Āfricus. The adjective appears in the 16th century, as Affricane, Africane, African. Latin Āfricus is from Āfri (singular Āfer), the name of an ancient people of North Africa (near Carthage, in Tunisia), with the suffix -icus. āfricānus is formed by addition of the -ānus suffix. By surface analysis, Africa + -an.

Derived terms

129 terms

Affrilachia, Affrilachian, Afrabian, African-American, African-American English, African American Vernacular English, African angelshark, African anteater, African baobab, African barbet, African blackwood, African broadbill, African buffalo, African bullfrog, African cardamom, African cherry orange, African civet, African crake, African crested porcupine, African custard apple, African dwarf sawshark, African elephant, African emerald cuckoo, African English, Africanesque, Africaness, Africanfuturism, African ginger, African glass catfish, African golden wolf, African golf, African harrier-hawk, African helmeted turtle, African hemp, African hobby, African hoopoe, African horse sickness, African hunting dog, Africanisation, Africanise, Africanish, Africanist, Africanistic, Africanity, Africanization, Africanize, African jack, Africanjujuism, African Latin, African lethargy, Africanlike, African-like, African Lily, African linden, African linsang, African Lion Dog, African lioness, African Lion Hound, African long-tailed shrike, African lungfish, African mango, African marigold, African massage, African milk barrel, African milk tree, African millet, African myrrh, Africanness, African net sponge, African oak, Africanoid, African openbill, African palm civet, African pear, African pearwood, African penguin, African pygmy goat, African Romance, African sand fox, African sharptooth catfish, African Shorthair, African skimmer, African spotted creeper, African spurred tortoise, African sugar cane, African swine fever virus, African't, African teak, African time, African unicorn, African Union, African violet, African walnut, African warbler, African whitewood, African wild ass, African wild donkey, African wolf, African Zionism, Africoon, Africoon-Americoon, Africoonia, Africoonian, Africunt, Afrimerican, Afristocracy, Afristocrat, Afrocoon, Afropean, animal African trypanosomiasis, Apefrica, Apefrican, Blafrican, Central African, Central African Federation, Central African Republic, East African, Eurafrican, Eurasiafrican, Halfrican, human African trypanosomiasis, Indo-African, Negro-African, North African, Pan-African, Slavfrican, South African, southern African frilled shark, West African hemorrhagic fever

Hyponyms

Congolese, Ethiopian, Maghrebi, Mozambican, Ugandan, Zimbabwean