African的词源

英文词源

African (n.)

Old English Africanas (plural), from Latin Africanus (adj.), from Africa (see Africa). Used of white residents of Africa from 1815. Used of black residents of the U.S. from late 18c., when it especially meant "one brought from Africa" and sometimes was contrasted to native-born Negro. As an adjective by 1560s, "pertaining to Africa or Africans" (Old English had Africanisc); from 1789 as "of or pertaining to black Americans."

中文词源

African：非洲人

来自腓尼基语afar, 指尘土，沙土。原仅指北非一小片区域，后指整个非洲大陆。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：African 词源，African 含义。