Where does “ijalọ” come from?
ijalọ (Yoruba) comes from Vietnamese lò, from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere — to fit, to fix, to put together.
ijalọ (Yoruba): army ant or driver ant, such as those in the genus Dorylus
Definitions
- army ant or driver ant, such as those in the genus Dorylus
Ancestry of “ijalọ”, step by step
ijalọ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese lò
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lò | kiln, furnace, oven, heater |
| 2 | Vietnamese | bỏ | to put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit |
| 3 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 4 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 5 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 6 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 7 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 8 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 9 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |