Where does “ujaji” come from?
ujaji (Swahili) comes from Swahili jaji, from English judge, from French juger, from Old French juger, from Latin iūdicō, from Latin iūdex, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
ujaji (Swahili): arrival, coming; judgeship
Definitions
- arrival, coming; judgeship
Ancestry of “ujaji”, step by step
ujaji traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swahili jaji
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swahili | jaji | judge |
| 2 | English | judge | A public official whose duty it is to administer... |
| 3 | French | juger | To judge, to try; To judge, to deem |
| 4 | Old French | juger | — |
| 5 | Latin | iūdicō | to examine judicially, judge, pass judgement, decide; condemn |
| 6 | Latin | iūdex | judge |
| 7 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |