Where does “Botswana” come from?

Botswana (Welsh) comes from English Botswana, from Tswana Botswana, from Tswana bo-, from Proto-Bantu bʊ̀- — Class 14 noun prefix.

Ancestry of “Botswana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBotswana—
2TswanaBotswana—
3Tswanabo-Class 14 noun prefix
4Proto-Bantubʊ̀-Class 14 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Bantu bʊ̀- →Every word from Tswana bo- →Every word from Tswana Botswana →
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