Etymology

umngqusho

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Today it means: A Bantu dish of maize and vegetables. Full definition →

Xhosa úḿngqúsho ← Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-mʊ̀-
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The story

  1. Proto-Bantu*gʊ́-
  2. Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀-
  3. Proto-Bantu*gʊ́-mʊ̀-
  4. Xhosaum-
  5. Xhosaúḿngqúsho
  6. English todayumngqusho

Borrowed from Xhosa úḿngqúsho.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.