African
Pronunciation: /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/
The English word “African” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
noun
- A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
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,…
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