Etymology

abelungu

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Today it means: White people collectively. Full definition →

Zulu abélung ← Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀ ← Xhosa ábélung
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The story

  1. Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀
  2. Xhosaábélung
  3. Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀
  4. Zuluabélung
  5. English todayabelungu

Borrowed from Xhosa ábélungu (plural of úḿlungu), or borrowed from Zulu abélungu (plural of uḿlungu).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.