Etymograph

English

Togolese

Togolese comes from French togolais ‘of Togo’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presenttogolais‘of Togo’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021Togolese

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presenttogolais‘of Togo’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021Togolese

Earliest quotation: 2021, Jennifer C. Seely, Samuel Decalo: “Grunitzky was educated locally and abroad (receiving one of…”

Formed from Togo + -ese

Proto-Germanic *tōgāną ‘to go apart’

Old English tōgān ‘to go apart’

Middle English togon

English Togo

The story

The -l-, also present in Congolese and its French etymon congolais, was added in French to break up the sequence of -o + -ais; it is not present in words formed from -o + -ese in English.

Every English word from French togolais

Today it means

adj Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / French togolais / Togolese

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