Where does “agbẹjọro” come from?

agbẹjọro (Yoruba) comes from Esperanto ejo, from Esperanto -ejo, from German -ei, from Middle High German -īe, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

agbẹjọro (Yoruba): lawyer, advocate, barrister, counsel, solicitor

Definitions

  1. lawyer, advocate, barrister, counsel, solicitor

Ancestry of “agbẹjọro”, step by step

agbẹjọro traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto ejo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoejoa place designated for a purpose
2Esperanto-ejoindicates a place designed for the purpose...
3German-eiForming names of sites or buildings where a...
4Middle High German-īe
5Old French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
6Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Yoruba gbà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubagbàto rescue, to save, to deliver

via Yoruba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yoruba
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós