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Where does “mwendo” come from?

mwendo (Swahili) comes from Swahili enda, from Proto-Bantu -gènda — to walk, to go; to travel.

mwendo (Swahili): pace; pace, speed; route, way of going

Definitions

  1. pace; pace, speed; route, way of going

Ancestry of “mwendo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahiliendawalk, go; go ahead, progress
2Proto-Bantu-gèndato walk, to go; to travel
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