Where does “Engsh” come from?
Engsh (English) comes from English Sheng, from English English, from French French, from English French, from Middle English French, from Old English Frenċisċ, from Old English Franca, from Proto-West Germanic frankō — pole, stalk.
Engsh (English): A cant that originated in Nairobi, Kenya in the 1980s, based on English mixed with Swahili and other local languages
Definitions
- A cant that originated in Nairobi, Kenya in the 1980s, based on English mixed with Swahili and other local languages
Ancestry of “Engsh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sheng | A Kenyan cant based on Swahili and English |
| 2 | English | English | Of or pertaining to England; English-language; of... |
| 3 | French | French | — |
| 4 | English | French | The people of France; groups of French people;... |
| 5 | Middle English | French | — |
| 6 | Old English | Frenċisċ | Frankish |
| 7 | Old English | Franca | Frank, Frenchman; a Frank |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | frankō | spear, javelin; a Frank |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | frankô | spear, javelin; a Frank |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | prAng- | pole, stalk |