Where does “limfelo” come from?

limfelo (Lingala) comes from French enfer, from Old French enfer, from Latin īnfernus — of the lower regions.

limfelo (Lingala): hell

Definitions

  1. hell

Ancestry of “limfelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchenferHell; hell
2Old FrenchenferHell
3Latinīnfernusof the lower regions
Every word from Latin īnfernus →Every word from Old French enfer →Every word from French enfer →