Where does “Ayanfẹ” come from?

Ayanfẹ (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba a, from Yoruba gùn — to be long (usually along a horizontal axis).

Ayanfẹ (Yoruba): lover, chosen one

Definitions

  1. lover, chosen one

Ancestry of “Ayanfẹ”, step by step

Ayanfẹ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaawe
2Yorubagùnto be long (usually along a horizontal axis)

via Proto-Bantu à-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord

via Yoruba fẹ́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubafẹ́to want, to desire
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