Etymograph

English

Xhosan

From Xhosa + -an.

Formed from Xhosa + -an

Xhosa umXhosa ‘Xhosa person’

Xhosa (ísí)Xhosa ‘Xhosa language’

English Xhosa

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to the Xhosa.

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

Etymograph / Xhosan