Etymology

Welkom

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Today it means: The second-largest city in Free State, South Africa. Full definition →

Afrikaans welkom ← Dutch welkom
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromwelkom“welcome”
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed fromwelkom“welcome”
  3. English todayWelkom

From Afrikaans welkom (“welcome”), ultimately from Dutch welkom (“welcome”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.