köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βεβῐᾰσμένος (bebĭăsménos). Formal perfect participle of βιάζομαι (viázomai), passive voice of βιάζω² ("Ι rush"). It retains the ancient reduplication βε-β...-.
Yoruba (people or ethnicity) · Yoruba (language) · Ọ̀yọ́ subethnic group
köken: Of unclear and disputed origin, it is likely that it was derived from an exonym from neighboring groups to the north, such as Hausa, Fulani, or Bariba. Various implausible etymologies have been proposed, often used to insult the Yoruba people or support supposed Middle Eastern or Jewish origins of the Yoruba people. What is certain is that the term was used originally in reference to only the…