English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “The crown did not forget me”
From adé (“royalty”) + è (“negation prefix”) + gbàgbé (“to forget”) + mí (“me”), literally “The crown did not forget me”. Evidence that the verb gbàgbé originally acted as a splitting verb in at least some Yoruba dialects
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: AdegbamigbeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

