Where does “ayafọto” come from?

ayafọto (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba yà — to borrow.

ayafọto (Yoruba): photographer

Definitions

  1. photographer

Ancestry of “ayafọto”, step by step

ayafọto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubato borrow

via Yoruba fọ́tò

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubafọ́tòphoto
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