Where does “sifo” come from?

sifo (Fanagalo) comes from Zulu isifo, from Zulu fa, from Proto-Bantu -kúa, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- — to die.

sifo (Fanagalo): sickness, disease

Definitions

  1. sickness, disease

Ancestry of “sifo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluisifodisease, sickness; death
2Zulufato die
3Proto-Bantu-kúato die
4Proto-Atlantic-Congo*kwwú-to die
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- →Every word from Proto-Bantu -kúa →Every word from Zulu fa →
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