Etymology

bantustan

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Today it means: Any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans under apartheid policy Full definition →

Bantu ← Proto-Bantu *bantʊ̀
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  1. Proto-Bantu · derived from*bantʊ̀“people”
  2. Bantu · borrowed from
  3. English todaybantustan

From a Bantu language (ultimately from Proto-Bantu *bantʊ̀ (“people”)) + -stan (“home of”, suffix of Persian origin), after place names such as Hindustan.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Bantu*bantʊ̀ all →

Bantu

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.