Etymograph

English

gele

Gele comes from Yoruba gèlè ‘a woman's headwrap’.

  1. Yorubamoderngèlè‘a woman's headwrap’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2024gele

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Yorubamoderngèlè‘a woman's headwrap’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2024gele

Earliest quotation: 2024, Jason Farago, Why the Olympics’ Parade of Nations Is the World’s Costume P: “At recent parades of nations women on the Indian…”

Every English word from Yoruba gèlè

Today it means

noun A traditional head tie native to Yoruba women of West Africa (Nigeria, Benin and Togo).

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

Etymograph / Yoruba gèlè / gele

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