English
French West Africa
French West Africa comes from French Afrique Occidentale française.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentAfrique Occidentale française
- EnglishtodayFrench West Africa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Frenchc. 1600–presentAfrique Occidentale française
- EnglishtodayFrench West Africa
Made of the words French + West + Africa
Proto-Germanic *frankô ‘spear’
Proto-West Germanic *Frankō ‘a Frank’
Old English Franca ‘a Frank’
Old English Frencisc ‘of the Franks, Frankish, French’
Middle English French
English French
Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros ‘evening’
…
Proto-Germanic *westrą
Proto-West Germanic *westr ‘western’
Old English west
Middle English west
English West
Latin Āfer ‘from Africa’
Latin āfricus ‘African’
Latin Āfrica
Old French Affrique
Middle English Affrike
English Africa
Every English word from French Afrique Occidentale française
Today it means
name A federation of former French colonies in West Africa existing from 1895 to 1958, consisting of Dahomey (Benin), French Guinea (Guinea), the French Sudan (Mali), Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Upper Volta (Burkina Faso).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French Afrique Occidentale française / French West Africa