Where does “mwanamume” come from?
mwanamume (Swahili) comes from Swahili mume, from Swahili m-, from Arabic سَوَاحِل, from Arabic سَاحِل — coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert.
mwanamume (Swahili): man
Ancestry of “mwanamume”, step by step
mwanamume traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swahili mume
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swahili | mume | husband; Contraction of mwanamume: man |
| 2 | Swahili | m- | The prefix for noun class 1 denoting humans; The... |
| 3 | Arabic | سَوَاحِل | coastal dwellers |
| 4 | Arabic | سَاحِل | coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert |
via Swahili mwana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swahili | mwana | child; In compounds, someone who does or has a... |
| 2 | Proto-Bantu | mʊ̀jánà | child |