Where does “úmúntu” come from?

úmúntu (Proto-Nguni) comes from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu — person.

úmúntu (Proto-Nguni): person, human

Definitions

  1. person, human

Ancestry of “úmúntu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀ntʊ̀—
2Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-nintuperson

Words derived from “úmúntu”

Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu →Every word from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ →