Africanness

Africanness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English African
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English Africanness

    From African + -ness.

    Noun

    Africanness (usually uncountable, plural Africannesses)

    1. The state or quality of being African.
      • 2019, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, “Manchester Happened”, in Manchester Happened, Oneworld Publications (2020), page 73:
        She wrestled with her own Africanness. I could see her pain and confusion but there was nothing I could do.

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