Where does “uchumi” come from?

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

uchumi (Swahili): economy

Definitions

  1. economy

Ancestry of “uchumi”, step by step

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

Words derived from “uchumi”

Every word from Proto-Bantu -ì →Every word from Swahili -i →
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