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Where does “mwuzaji” come from?

mwuzaji (Swahili) comes from Swahili uza, from French user, from Old French user, from Latin usare, from Latin utī.

mwuzaji (Swahili): seller, vendor

Definitions

  1. seller, vendor

Ancestry of “mwuzaji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahiliuzato sell
2Frenchuserto wear, wear down, wear off, wear out, grind...
3Old Frenchuserto use; to employ; to make use of
4Latinusarepresent active infinitive of *ūsō
5Latinutī—
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