English
majimboism
Majimboism comes from Swahili majimbo ‘regions’.
- Swahilimodernmajimbo‘regions’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008majimboism
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Swahilimodernmajimbo‘regions’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008majimboism
Earliest quotation: 2008, Aidan Hartley, Democracy by Other Means: “Mr. Odinga campaigned on a policy of federal decentralization…”
Formed from -ism
Every English word from Swahili majimbo
Today it means
noun The political devolution of power to the regions of a country.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swahili majimbo / majimboism