Where does “Jamhuri Day” come from?
Jamhuri Day (English) comes from Swahili jamhuri, from Arabic جُمْهُورِيَّة, from Ottoman Turkish جمهوریت, from Latin rēspublica, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Jamhuri Day (English): A national holiday celebrated on December 12, commemorating when Kenya became independent
Definitions
- A national holiday celebrated on December 12, commemorating when Kenya became independent
Ancestry of “Jamhuri Day”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swahili | jamhuri | republic |
| 2 | Arabic | جُمْهُورِيَّة | republic |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | جمهوریت | republic |
| 4 | Latin | rēspublica | a republic, commonwealth; the state, nation |
| 5 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 6 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 7 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 8 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |