Where does “mzee” come from?

mzee (English) comes from Swahili mzee, from Swahili m-, from Arabic سَوَاحِل, from Arabic سَاحِل — coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert.

mzee (English): An elder

Definitions

  1. An elder

Ancestry of “mzee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilimzeeelder, respected old person; title of respect to...
2Swahilim-The prefix for noun class 1 denoting humans; The...
3Arabicسَوَاحِلcoastal dwellers
4Arabicسَاحِلcoast; boundary, coast; border of the desert
Every word from Arabic سَاحِل →Every word from Swahili m- →Every word from Arabic سَوَاحِل →