Etymology

Sotho

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Today it means: A Mosotho (“person”); a member of the Basotho (“people”). Full definition →

Sotho motho ← Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀
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The story

  1. Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀ntʊ̀
  2. Sothomotho
  3. English todaySotho

From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho.

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