Etymology

Damu

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Today it means: Blood (a member of the Los Angeles gang the Bloods) Full definition →

Swahili dam ← Arabic دَم (dam) ← Proto-Semitic *dam-
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  1. Proto-Afroasiatic*dam-
  2. Proto-Semitic*dam-
  3. Arabicدَم (dam)
  4. Swahilidam
  5. English todayDamu

Borrowed from Swahili damu (“blood”), borrowed from Arabic دَم (dam, “blood”), from Proto-Semitic *dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam-.

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