Etymology

utamawazo

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Today it means: culturally structured thought or worldview Full definition →

Swahili wazo ← Arabic تَمَدُّن (tamaddun) ← Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀-
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The story

  1. Proto-Bantu*dʊ̀-
  2. Proto-Bantu*bʊ̀-
  3. Swahiliu-
  4. Arabicتَمَدَّنَ (tamaddana)
  5. Arabicتَمَدُّن (tamaddun)
  6. Swahiliutamaduni
  7. Swahiliwazo
  8. English todayutamawazo

From a blend of Swahili utamaduni (“culture”) and wazo (“thought”); introduced in this sense by Marimba Ani in 1994.

Words from the same roots

Swahiliutamaduni all →

utamaroho

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.