Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe central seed or "germinating matrix" of a culture.
Etymology tree Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl)bor. Swahili asilibor. English asili From Swahili asili (“origin”); introduced in this sense by Marimba Ani.
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- Borrowed-form mentionasilisw
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