Where does “mwanaanthropolojia” come from?
mwanaanthropolojia (Swahili) comes from Swahili anthropolojia, from English anthropology, from New Latin anthropologia, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
mwanaanthropolojia (Swahili): anthropologist
Definitions
- anthropologist
Ancestry of “mwanaanthropolojia”, step by step
mwanaanthropolojia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swahili anthropolojia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swahili | anthropolojia | anthropology |
| 2 | English | anthropology | The holistic scientific and social study of... |
| 3 | New Latin | anthropologia | anthropology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἄνθρωπος | human being; person (as differentiated from gods, beasts, etc.) |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |