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Where does “dereva” come from?

dereva (Swahili) comes from English driver, from Middle English drivere.

dereva (Swahili): driver

Definitions

  1. driver

Ancestry of “dereva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdriverOne who drives something, in any sense of the...
2Middle Englishdrivere—
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