It comes originally from the Greek for 'river horse'. Hippos means horse, and potamos means river.
In the Kiswahili language of African origin, "Kiboko" has the meaning of "Hippopotamus"
You say "Come!" in Maasai language of the African origin as "Ou!".
The Romanian language equivalent of hippopotamus is hipopotam.
You say "Come with me!" in Yoruba language of the Western African origin as "Telemi kalo!".
You say "Come in" in Yoruba language of the Western African origin as "Wole wa".
'Cacao' is of Spanish origin.
Chanteuse is a word of French origin.
Hippopotamus can be translated into Kikuyu language as kiboko.
What language did snorkel come from
most of Africa
most of Africa
The origin of a word indicates the language the word originally came from, or the languages certain parts (such as prefixes and suffixes) come from.