The story
- Ga · borrowed fromkwašiɔkɔ
- English todaykwashiorkor
From Ga kwašiɔkɔ, kwàṣìɔkɔ́ (“the sickness the older child gets when the next baby is born”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kwashiorkor
Today it means: A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high-carbohydrate diet. Full definition →
Ga kwašiɔkɔ