Where does “ubuntwana” come from?

ubuntwana (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa umntwana, from Xhosa umntu, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu — person.

ubuntwana (Xhosa): childhood

Definitions

  1. childhood

Ancestry of “ubuntwana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosaumntwanachild
2Xhosaumntuperson, human
3Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀ntʊ̀—
4Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-nintuperson
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu →Every word from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ →Every word from Xhosa umntu →
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