Where does “ulimo” come from?

ulimo (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa lima, from Proto-Bantu -dɪ̀ma — to cultivate.

ulimo (Xhosa): agriculture

Definitions

  1. agriculture

Ancestry of “ulimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosalimato farm, cultivate; to plough
2Proto-Bantu-dɪ̀mato cultivate
Every word from Proto-Bantu -dɪ̀ma →Every word from Xhosa lima →