Where does “utamawazo” come from?

utamawazo (English) comes from Swahili utamaduni, from Arabic تَمَدُّن.

utamawazo (English): culturally structured thought or worldview

Definitions

  1. culturally structured thought or worldview

Ancestry of “utamawazo”, step by step

utamawazo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swahili utamaduni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahiliutamaduniculture
2Arabicتَمَدُّن—

via Swahili wazo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahiliwazothought, idea
2Swahili-osuffix used in nominal forms of verbs in the absence of a more specific suffix (such as
Every word from Arabic تَمَدُّن →Every word from Swahili utamaduni →