Where does “ẹlẹyamẹya” come from?

ẹlẹyamẹya (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba mọ̀ — to know.

ẹlẹyamẹya (Yoruba): prejudice, discrimination

Definitions

  1. prejudice, discrimination

Ancestry of “ẹlẹyamẹya”, step by step

ẹlẹyamẹya traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba mọ̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubamọ̀to know

via Yoruba ẹ̀yà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaẹ̀yà

via Yoruba ẹlẹ́yà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaẹlẹ́yà
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