bobolition ety ?

[Barnhart]

Neither DAE nor DA give any attempt at an etymology.


...bolition, -ist is clearly from (a)bolition, -ist.

The nub is where does bo- come from.  Perhaps from a West African language?

Is the medial -a- variant (i.e. bobalition) influenced by the English
initial vowel?

DKB

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