Where does “alamọmọ” come from?

alamọmọ (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Bantu à- — Class 1 subject concord.

alamọmọ (Yoruba): lizard

Definitions

  1. lizard

Ancestry of “alamọmọ”, step by step

alamọmọ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Bantu à-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord

via Yoruba mọ̀mọ̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubamọ̀mọ̀
Every word from Proto-Bantu à-