Where does “ọrọ-aje” come from?

ọrọ-aje (Yoruba) comes from Spanish -aje, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

ọrọ-aje (Yoruba): business

Definitions

  1. business

Ancestry of “ọrọ-aje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-ajeForms masculine nouns expressing an action,...
2Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
3Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
4Latin-āticum—
Every word from Latin -āticum →Every word from Old French -age →Every word from Spanish -aje →