Where does “Ọlọrun” come from?

Ọlọrun (Yoruba) comes from Portuguese oni-, from Irish ai-, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad- — ad.

Ọlọrun (Yoruba): Olorun, a nickname for the supreme divinity of the Yoruba religion, Olódùmarè

Definitions

  1. Olorun, a nickname for the supreme divinity of the Yoruba religion, Olódùmarè

Ancestry of “Ọlọrun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseoni-Alternative form of omni-
2Irishai-—
3Old Frencha-indicating movement towards something;...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Proto-Italic*ad-ad
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