Where does “iroyin ẹlẹjẹ” come from?

iroyin ẹlẹjẹ (Yoruba) comes from Hungarian eléje, from Hungarian elő — fore, forepart.

iroyin ẹlẹjẹ (Yoruba): fake news

Definitions

  1. fake news

Ancestry of “iroyin ẹlẹjẹ”, step by step

iroyin ẹlẹjẹ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian eléje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianeléjebefore / in front of him/her/it
2Hungarianelőfore, forepart

via Yoruba ìròyìn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaìròyìnnews, news report, storytelling
2Proto-Bantu-ìForms agent nouns from verbs
Every word from Hungarian elő →Every word from Hungarian eléje →
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