Where does “Orunmila” come from?

Orunmila (English) comes from Yoruba ilá, from French -là, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll — ox; aleph; alef.

Orunmila (English): An orisha in the Yoruba religion, the god of wisdom and divination

Definitions

  1. An orisha in the Yoruba religion, the god of wisdom and divination

Ancestry of “Orunmila”, step by step

Orunmila traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba ilá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubailáokra plant
2French-làthat
3Frenchthere; here, present
4Italianthere
5Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
6Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
7GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
8Germana-MollA-minor
9Hungarianathe; this; that
10Frenchàto; on the, to; at
11Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
12Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
13LatinA
14Etruscan𐌀and, also
15Ancient Greekᾱ̔
16Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef

via Yoruba Ọ̀run

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YorubaỌ̀runthe place of origin for all humans where souls (orí) are created, humans return to their individual ọ̀run after death. It does not represent a specific entity or location, every human has their own origin place

via Yoruba Ọ̀rúnmìlà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YorubaỌ̀rúnmìlàa semi-legendary figure who is identified as being a priest, scholar, and philosopher in ancient Yoruba society, and may have developed from several wisemen figures throughout ancient history who aided in the spread and development of the Ifá oracle
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