Etymology

katogo

ka·to·go
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Today it means: A traditional breakfast dish consisting of a sauce containing legumes and offal to which a staple such as cassava or matoke (“mashed boiled bananas or plantains”) is added, all cooked in the same pot. Full definition →

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The story

Borrowed from Bantu katogo (“casserole, pot; stew”); while one author suggests the word is derived from Luganda, another has been suggested it is not possible to identify the specific Bantu language as the word is found in several of them.

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