Where does “agbako” come from?

agbako (Yoruba) comes 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.

agbako (Yoruba): that which is swayed to encounter another

Definitions

  1. that which is swayed to encounter another

Ancestry of “agbako”, step by step

agbako traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Haitian Creole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Haitian Creolebody
2Frenchcorpsbody; field; corps
3Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
4Proto-Italickorposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

via Proto-Bantu à-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord

via Yoruba gbà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubagbàto rescue, to save, to deliver
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep-