Where does “Sahelian” come from?
Sahelian derives from English Sahel, ultimately from Latin -ianus, -ius, -um, -us, and Proto-Indo-European -yós and -ós through Proto-Italic -os.
Sahelian (English): Of, like or pertaining to the Sahel; A native or...
Definitions
- Of, like or pertaining to the Sahel; A native or...
Ancestry of “Sahelian”, step by step
Sahelian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ian | — |
| 2 | Irish | Eoin | John any of several people in the Bible |
| 3 | Old Irish | Iohain | John apostle |
| 4 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 7 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 8 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 9 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |
via English Sahel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sahel | between the Sahara to the north and a more humid zone (Sudan) to the south |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἄνθρωπος | human being; person (as differentiated from gods, beasts, etc.) |
| 3 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |