Igboman
/ˈɪɡ.boʊ.mən/noun
A man who belongs to the Igbo ethnic group, particularly one from southeastern Nigeria.
Did you know?The word combines Igbo, the English name for the people and their language, with man, a Germanic word ultimately connected to ancient terms for a person or human being.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient–Precolonial
Igbo
Ìgbò
“The ethnonym used for the Igbo people; the deeper origin of the name is uncertain.”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*man-
“A reconstructed root associated with thinking or a person; its exact relationship to later Germanic forms is debated.”
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*mannaz
“Person or human being.”
Old English
Old English
mann
“Person, human being, or adult male.”
20th Century
English
Igboman
“An English compound formed from Igbo and man, meaning a male member of the Igbo people.”
Modern English
English
Igboman
“A contemporary ethnonym for an Igbo man; the plural is commonly Igbomen.”
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