Where does “alailowaya” come from?

alailowaya (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba wáyà, from English wire, from Middle English wir, from Old English wīr, from English myrtle, from Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος.

alailowaya (Yoruba): wireless

Definitions

  1. wireless

Ancestry of “alailowaya”, step by step

alailowaya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba wáyà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubawáyàwire, electrical cable
2EnglishwireMetal formed into a thin, even thread, now...
3Middle Englishwir—
4Old Englishwīrwire, metal thread, wire-ornament
5EnglishmyrtleAn evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus...
6Old Frenchmyrte—
7Latinmyrtusmyrtle
8Ancient Greekμύρτοςmyrtle; twig or spray of myrtle
9Ancient Greekμυρίκηtamarisk
10Ancient Greek-ίκη—

via Yoruba lò

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubalò—
Every word from Ancient Greek -ίκη →Every word from Ancient Greek μυρίκη →Every word from Ancient Greek μύρτος →