Where does “Swahilization” come from?
Swahilization (English) comes from English Swahili, from Swahili Mswahili, from Swahili m-, from Arabic سَوَاحِل, from Arabic سَاحِل — coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert.
Swahilization (English): conversion or adaptation to Swahili
Definitions
- conversion or adaptation to Swahili
Ancestry of “Swahilization”, step by step
Swahilization traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Swahili
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Swahili | An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch... |
| 2 | Swahili | Mswahili | A Swahili person |
| 3 | Swahili | m- | The prefix for noun class 1 denoting humans; The... |
| 4 | Arabic | سَوَاحِل | coastal dwellers |
| 5 | Arabic | سَاحِل | coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert |
via English ization
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ization | — |