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Etymology of Damu

Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *dam- Proto-Semitic *dam- Arabic دَم (dam)bor. Swahili damubor. English Damu Borrowed from Swahili damu (“blood”), borrowed from Arabic دَم (dam, “blood”), from Proto-Semitic *dam-, from

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

Blood (a member of the Los Angeles gang the Bloods)

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Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *dam- Proto-Semitic *dam- Arabic دَم (dam)bor. Swahili damubor. English Damu Borrowed from Swahili damu (“blood”), borrowed from Arabic دَم (dam, “blood”), from Proto-Semitic *dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam-.

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