Where does “imọlẹ” come from?

imọlẹ (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba ilé — home; house.

imọlẹ (Yoruba): god, earth deity or spirit; ancient ancestor (that are worshipped)

Definitions

  1. god, earth deity or spirit; ancient ancestor (that are worshipped)

Ancestry of “imọlẹ”, step by step

imọlẹ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba ilé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubailéhome; house

via Proto-Bantu ì-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

via Yoruba mọ̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubamọ̀to know
Every word from Yoruba ilé →