Etymology

pongo

P3O1N1G2O1

Today it means: A soldier. Full definition →

Kongo mpongo
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

pongo · noun1

  1. Kongo · derived frommpongo“gorilla”
  2. English todaypongo

From Kongo mpongo (“gorilla”).

pongo · noun2

  1. Spanish · borrowed from[Term?]
  2. English todaypongo

From Peruvian Spanish [Term?], thought to be from Quechua puncu/punku or Aymara ponco "door, gate". Semantically, compare puerta.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.