Where does “a o ki n dupẹ ara ẹni” come from?

a o ki n dupẹ ara ẹni (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.

a o ki n dupẹ ara ẹni (Yoruba): you're welcome, don't mention it

Definitions

  1. you're welcome, don't mention it

Ancestry of “a o ki n dupẹ ara ẹni”, step by step

a o ki n dupẹ ara ẹni 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 a

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

via Yoruba àrà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaàràbody
2Arabicرَعْدthunder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep- →