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Where does “isenzo” come from?

isenzo (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa enza, from Proto-Bantu -gèndia, from Proto-Bantu -gènda — to walk, to go; to travel.

isenzo (Xhosa): act

Definitions

  1. act

Ancestry of “isenzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosaenzato do; to make
2Proto-Bantu-gèndia—
3Proto-Bantu-gèndato walk, to go; to travel
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