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Afro-

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See also: afro, Afro, and afro-

English

Etymology

From Latin Āfri, Āfer + -o-. Abstracted from Afro-American (attested 1902) and becoming generally popular from the 1960s.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæfɹoʊ-/

Prefix

Afro-

African

Coordinate terms

Appendix:English nationality prefixes

Derived terms

Related terms

afro

Translations

African

Catalan: afro- (ca)
Danish: afro-
Dutch: Afro- (nl)
Finnish: afro- (fi)
French: afro- (fr)
Galician: afro- (gl)
German: afro- (de)
Greek: αφρο- (el) (afro-)
Polish: afro- (pl)
Portuguese: afro- (pt)
Russian: а́фро- (áfro-), африка́нско- (afrikánsko-)
Spanish: afro- (es)
Swedish: afro- (sv)

References

"Afro-" in Online Etymology Dictionary.
"Afro-, comb. form" in Oxford English Dictionary (online edition).

Anagrams

Faro, Fårö, RAFO, faro, fora

Dutch

Prefix

Afro-

African, Afro-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with Afro-

Afro-Amerikaans

Afro-Nederlander

Related terms

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