Where does “sangoma” come from?

sangoma (English) comes from Zulu isángoma, from Zulu ingoma, from Proto-Bantu ngòmà — drum; dance.

sangoma (English): A traditional healer or herbalist, or witch...

Definitions

  1. A traditional healer or herbalist, or witch...

Ancestry of “sangoma”, step by step

sangoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zulu isángoma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluisángomadiviner, witch doctor, sangoma
2Zuluingomadance song performed at a festival; hymn
3Proto-Bantungòmàdrum; dance

via Swazi ingoma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swaziingomasong
Every word from Proto-Bantu ngòmà →Every word from Zulu ingoma →Every word from Zulu isángoma →