Where does “agbakoroju” come from?

agbakoroju (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.

agbakoroju (Yoruba): shin

Definitions

  1. shin

Ancestry of “agbakoroju”, step by step

agbakoroju 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 Yoruba ojú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaojúeye
2YorubaỌ̀runthe place of origin for all humans where souls (orí) are created, humans return to their individual ọ̀run after death. It does not represent a specific entity or location, every human has their own origin place

via Proto-Bantu à-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep-