Where does “suaíli” come from?

suaíli (Portuguese) comes from English Swahili, from Swahili Mswahili, from Swahili m-, from Arabic سَوَاحِل, from Arabic سَاحِل — coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert.

suaíli (Portuguese): Swahili; of the Swahili language

Definitions

  1. Swahili; of the Swahili language

Ancestry of “suaíli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSwahiliAn agglutinative language of the Bantu branch...
2SwahiliMswahiliA Swahili person
3Swahilim-The prefix for noun class 1 denoting humans; The...
4Arabicسَوَاحِلcoastal dwellers
5Arabicسَاحِلcoast; boundary, coast; border of the desert

Words derived from “suaíli”

Every word from Arabic سَاحِل →Every word from Swahili m- →Every word from Arabic سَوَاحِل →