The story
- Yoruba · borrowed fromEgúngún“ancestors”
- Yoruba · borrowed fromEégún
- English todayEgun
From Yoruba Eégún, a reduced form of Yoruba Egúngún (“ancestors”), with the difference between singular and plural being due to a misinterpretation of the Yoruba forms.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.