Where does “boko” come from?

boko (Hausa) comes from English book, from Middle English booke, from Old English bōc, from Proto-Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

boko (Hausa): fraud, deceit, trick; a mock or imitation version...

Definitions

  1. fraud, deceit, trick; a mock or imitation version...

Ancestry of “boko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbookA collection of sheets of paper bound together to...
2Middle Englishbookebook; Alternative form of bouk
3Old Englishbōcbeech; book
4Proto-Germanicbōk—
5Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

Words derived from “boko”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →