Where does “Bankẹ” come from?

Bankẹ (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba ilé — home; house.

Bankẹ (Yoruba): it is a shortened form or nickname for much longer names, ex. Adébánkẹ́ and Ọlákúnlé, see below for more longer names. It is a traditionally female name, but may be used in a unisex form

Definitions

  1. it is a shortened form or nickname for much longer names, ex. Adébánkẹ́ and Ọlákúnlé, see below for more longer names. It is a traditionally female name, but may be used in a unisex form

Ancestry of “Bankẹ”, step by step

Bankẹ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba ilé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubailéhome; house

via Yoruba

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

via Yoruba kẹ́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubakẹ́to cry; to shout; to scream
Every word from Yoruba ilé