Where does “mtazamaji” come from?

mtazamaji (Swahili) comes from Swahili tazama, from Portuguese -ama, from Portuguese -ame, from Latin -amen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

mtazamaji (Swahili): viewer

Definitions

  1. viewer

Ancestry of “mtazamaji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilitazamato look, to watch
2Portuguese-amaforms nouns indicating a disorderly group or...
3Portuguese-ameforms nouns indicating a group or collection of...
4Latin-amen—
5Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
6Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Portuguese -ama →