English
Obama
Obama comes from Luo obam ‘to lean or bend’.
- Luomodernobam‘to lean or bend’
- Luo, derivedmodernMobam
- Englishearliest quotation 2009Obama
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Luomodernobam‘to lean or bend’
- Luo, derivedmodernMobam
- Englishearliest quotation 2009Obama
Earliest quotation: 2009, Helene Cooper, Obama’s Star Turn at Summit Gets Mixed Results: “(The Browns gave the Obamas an ornate penholder made…”
Every English word from Luo obam
Today it means
name An African surname from Luo.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Luo obam / Obama