Where does “isibalo” come from?

isibalo (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa bala, from Proto-Bantu -bàda — to count.

isibalo (Xhosa): math

Definitions

  1. math

Ancestry of “isibalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosabalato count
2Proto-Bantu-bàdato count
Every word from Proto-Bantu -bàda →Every word from Xhosa bala →