Where does “utapiamlo” come from?

utapiamlo (Swahili) comes from Swahili mlo, from Swahili m-, from Arabic سَوَاحِل, from Arabic سَاحِل — coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert.

utapiamlo (Swahili): malnutrition

Definitions

  1. malnutrition

Ancestry of “utapiamlo”, step by step

utapiamlo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swahili mlo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilimlomeal
2Swahilim-The prefix for noun class 1 denoting humans; The...
3Arabicسَوَاحِلcoastal dwellers
4Arabicسَاحِلcoast; boundary, coast; border of the desert

via Swahili tapia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilitapia—
Every word from Arabic سَاحِل →Every word from Swahili m- →Every word from Arabic سَوَاحِل →