Where does “bantoid” come from?

bantoid (Romanian) comes from English Bantoid, from English bantu, from Proto-Bantu bàntʊ̀ — plural of *mʊ̀ntʊ̀; people.

bantoid (Romanian): Bantoid

Definitions

  1. Bantoid

Ancestry of “bantoid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBantoidOf or relating to a putative branch of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family
2EnglishbantuA member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language
3Proto-Bantubàntʊ̀plural of *mʊ̀ntʊ̀; people
Every word from Proto-Bantu bàntʊ̀ →Every word from English bantu →Every word from English Bantoid →