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Where does “Kenyanization” come from?

Kenyanization (English) comes from English Kenyan, from Swedish än, from English on, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

Kenyanization (English): The act or process of making something Kenyan

Definitions

  1. The act or process of making something Kenyan

Ancestry of “Kenyanization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishKenyanA person from Kenya or of Kenyan descent; Of,...
2Swedishänstill, yet; no matter; than; in comparisons,...
3EnglishonIn the state of being active, functioning or...
4Middle Englishonon, in; on; Alternative form of oon
5Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an—
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →