Where does “ibọwọ” come from?

ibọwọ (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Bantu ì- — Class 5 noun prefix.

ibọwọ (Yoruba): the act of giving or showing respect

Definitions

  1. the act of giving or showing respect

Ancestry of “ibọwọ”, step by step

ibọwọ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Bantu ì-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

via Yoruba bọ̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubabọ̀to return, to come here, to arrive
Every word from Proto-Bantu ì-
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