Etymograph

English

Frelimo

Frelimo comes from Portuguese Frelimo, and goes back to Moçambique ‘Mozambique Liberation Front’.

  1. Portuguesec. 1500–presentMoçambique‘Mozambique Liberation Front’
  2. Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentFrelimo
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Portuguesec. 1500–presentMoçambique‘Mozambique Liberation Front’
  2. Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentFrelimo
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name The nationalist political party of Mozambique, which fought for independence and formed the government after independence in 1975.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Portuguese Moçambique / Frelimo