Where does “Ọlamiọbọ” come from?

Ọlamiọbọ (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba ọ̀, from Haitian Creole kò, from French corps, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.

Ancestry of “Ọlamiọbọ”, step by step

Ọlamiọbọ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba ọ̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaọ̀The letter with low tone}}
2Haitian Creolekòbody
3Frenchcorpsbody; field; corps
4Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
5Proto-Italickorposbody
6Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
7Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

via Yoruba mí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubamíme first-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb

via Yoruba Ọlá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YorubaỌláhonor, prestige, wealth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep- →