Where does “basi” come from?
basi (Chichewa) comes from Swahili basi, from Omani Arabic بس, from Persian بس, from English bus, from English omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus, from Latin omnis — to work, toil, make; ability, force.
basi (Chichewa): enough, no more; bus; very many, very much
Definitions
- enough, no more; bus; very many, very much
Ancestry of “basi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swahili | basi | bus; well; then; so |
| 2 | Omani Arabic | بس | enough! |
| 3 | Persian | بس | enough, sufficiently; only; many |
| 4 | English | bus | A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of... |
| 5 | English | omnibus | A vehicle set up to carry many people; An... |
| 6 | French | omnibus | Pertaining to a local; omnibus, bus |
| 7 | Latin | omnibus | dative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine... |
| 8 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | opnis | every, all |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |