Where does “mwanauchumi” come from?

mwanauchumi (Swahili) comes from Swahili uchumi, from Swahili -i, from Proto-Bantu -ì — Forms agent nouns from verbs.

mwanauchumi (Swahili): economist

Definitions

  1. economist

Ancestry of “mwanauchumi”, step by step

mwanauchumi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swahili uchumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahiliuchumieconomy
2Swahili-igeneral negative marker
3Proto-Bantu-ìForms agent nouns from verbs

via Swahili mwana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilimwanachild; In compounds, someone who does or has a...
2Proto-Bantumʊ̀jánàchild
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ì →Every word from Swahili -i →Every word from Swahili uchumi →