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Where does “uza” come from?

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

uza (Swahili): to sell

Definitions

  1. to sell

Ancestry of “uza”, step by step

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

Words derived from “uza”

  • mwuzaji
Every word from Latin utī →