Where does “ko-la-ko-ṣagbe” come from?

ko-la-ko-ṣagbe (Yoruba) comes from Haitian Creole kò, from French corps, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.

ko-la-ko-ṣagbe (Yoruba): middle class

Definitions

  1. middle class

Ancestry of “ko-la-ko-ṣagbe”, step by step

ko-la-ko-ṣagbe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Haitian Creole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Haitian Creolebody
2Frenchcorpsbody; field; corps
3Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
4Proto-Italickorposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

via Yoruba ṣagbe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaṣagbe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep-