Where does “idọti” come from?

idọti (Yoruba) comes from English dirty, from Middle English dirti, from Middle English dritti.

idọti (Yoruba): dirt, filth

Definitions

  1. dirt, filth

Ancestry of “idọti”, step by step

idọti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English dirty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdirtyUnclean; covered with or containing unpleasant...
2Middle Englishdirti—
3Middle Englishdritti—

via Proto-Bantu ì-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Middle English dritti →Every word from Middle English dirti →Every word from English dirty →