Where does “umsebenzi” come from?

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

umsebenzi (Zulu): worker, labourer; work; job, task, duty

Definitions

  1. worker, labourer; work; job, task, duty

Ancestry of “umsebenzi”, step by step

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