Attested as a noun in early New English Aphricane, Africans (plural), Middle English as Affrican, Aufrican and Old English as Africanas ("Africans") (only plural). From Latin Africanus, from Āfricānus, from Āfricus.

The adjective appears in the 16th century, as Affricane, Africane, African.

• IPA: /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/

African

1. Of or pertaining to Africa.
2. Black; (dated, , offensive) Synonym of negroid.

   The truth is that I know the guy had African skin and a shirt of some sort.

• French: africain
• German: afrikanisch
• Italian: africano
• Portuguese: africano
• Russian: африка́нский
• Spanish: africano

African (plural Africans)

1. A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
   • 2019, Razib Khan, Arabia between Africa and Eurasia‎:

     But new research suggests another possibility: all Africans may have ancestry from “West Eurasian” populations which moved back into Africa after the “Out of Africa” event ~50,000 years ago. […]

• French: Africain, Africaine
• German: Afrikaner, Afrikanerin (female)
• Italian: africano, africana
• Portuguese: africano, africana
• Russian: африка́нец
• Spanish: africano, africana