Where does “Khoisan” come from?
Khoisan (English) comes from English San, from English sanatorium, from Latin sanatus, from Latin sānō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
Khoisan (English): A member of the Khoi or San people
Definitions
- A member of the Khoi or San people
Ancestry of “Khoisan”, step by step
Khoisan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English San
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | San | Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of... |
| 2 | English | sanatorium | An institution that treats chronic diseases, and... |
| 3 | Latin | sanatus | healed, cured; restored, repaired, corrected |
| 4 | Latin | sānō | to heal, cure |
| 5 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |