English

Soufrica

Blend of south + Africa.

Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *sh₂wén-

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Proto-Germanic *sunþrą

Proto-West Germanic *sunþr ‘southern’

Old English sūþ

Middle English south ‘south’

English south

Latin Āfer ‘from Africa’

Latin āfricus ‘African’

Latin Āfrica

Old French Affrique

Middle English Affrike

Today it means

name South Africa.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Soufrica