Do you speak a little Afrikaans when you say 'apartheid'?

'Apartheid' is a word borrowed from Afrikaans 'apartheid'. The word entered the English language some time around 1947.

apartheid [noun] [1947]

• racial segregation
• a former policy of segregation and political and economic discrimination against non-European groups in the Republic of...
• separation

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Etymology: Afrikaans, from 'apart' apart + '-heid' -hood

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