English
majimbo
Majimbo comes from Swahili jimbo ‘region, state’.
- Swahilimodernjimbo‘region, state’literally ‘regions’
- Englishtodaymajimbo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Swahilimodernjimbo‘region, state’literally ‘regions’
- Englishtodaymajimbo
The story
Borrowed from Swahili majimbo (literally “regions”).
Every English word from Swahili jimbo
Today it means
noun The political devolution of power to the individual regions of Kenya.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swahili jimbo / majimbo