Etymology

Bantu

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Today it means: A member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language. Full definition →

Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀ pl
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  1. Proto-Bantu · borrowed from*bàntʊ̀ pl“people”
  2. English todayBantu

Borrowed from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀ pl (“people”), as reconstructed by the 19th-century linguist Wilhelm Bleek.

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