Where does “afọwọfa” come from?

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

afọwọfa (Yoruba): self-inflicted suffering or misery

Definitions

  1. self-inflicted suffering or misery

Ancestry of “afọwọfa”, step by step

afọwọfa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba fà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubafàto pull
2Yorubaawe
3Yorubagùnto be long (usually along a horizontal axis)

via Proto-Bantu à-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord
Every word from Yoruba gùn →Every word from Yoruba a →Every word from Yoruba fà →