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Where does “isisebenzi” come from?

isisebenzi (Zulu) comes from Zulu -i, from Proto-Bantu -ì — Forms agent nouns from verbs.

isisebenzi (Zulu): employee

Definitions

  1. employee

Ancestry of “isisebenzi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zulu-iForms agent nouns from verbs
2Proto-Bantu-ìForms agent nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ì →