Where does “kiswahíli” come from?

kiswahíli (Lingala) comes from Swahili kiSwahili, from Arabic سَوَاحِل, from Arabic سَاحِل — coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert.

kiswahíli (Lingala): Swahili

Definitions

  1. Swahili

Ancestry of “kiswahíli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwahilikiSwahiliSwahili language
2Arabicسَوَاحِلcoastal dwellers
3Arabicسَاحِلcoast; boundary, coast; border of the desert
Every word from Arabic سَاحِل →Every word from Arabic سَوَاحِل →Every word from Swahili kiSwahili →