Where does “iṣakọlẹ” come from?
iṣakọlẹ (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba ṣà, from English Sir, from English sire, from Middle English sire, from Old French sire, from Vulgar Latin seior, from Latin senior, from Latin senex — old.
iṣakọlẹ (Yoruba): the act of opening a piece of land for renting as farmland
Definitions
- the act of opening a piece of land for renting as farmland
Ancestry of “iṣakọlẹ”, step by step
iṣakọlẹ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Yoruba ṣà
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | ṣà | Sir |
| 2 | English | Sir | Alternative letter-case form of sir; The titular... |
| 3 | English | sire | A lord, master, or other person in authority,... |
| 4 | Middle English | sire | Used preceding the name or title of a knight,... |
| 5 | Old French | sire | nominative singular of sieur; master, sir, lord;... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | seior | — |
| 7 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 8 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |
via Yoruba ilé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | ilé | home; house |
via Proto-Bantu ì-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Bantu | ì- | Class 5 noun prefix |