Where does “xasebuza” come from?

xasebuza (Pazeh) comes from Swahili uza, from French user, from Old French user, from Latin usare, from Latin utī — how.

xasebuza (Pazeh): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “xasebuza”, step by step

xasebuza traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swahili uza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahiliuzato sell
2Frenchuserto wear, wear down, wear off, wear out, grind...
3Old Frenchuserto use; to employ; to make use of
4Latinusarepresent active infinitive of *ūsō
5Latinutīhow

via Pazeh xasep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pazehxasepfive
2Proto-Austronesian*ʀaCəpfive
Every word from Latin utī →Every word from Latin usare →Every word from Old French user →