English
kgosi
Kgosi comes from Tswana kgosi ‘chief, chieftain’, and goes back to Proto-Bantu *nkócì.
- Proto-Bantuprehistoric (reconstructed)*nkócìreconstructed
- Tswanamodernkgosi‘chief, chieftain’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Bantuprehistoric (reconstructed)*nkócìreconstructed
- Tswanamodernkgosi‘chief, chieftain’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006same form
Earliest quotation: 2006, Susan Williams, Colour Bar: “Then Rasebolai said that, as was customary, he would…”
Every English word from Proto-Bantu *nkócì
Today it means
noun A tribal chief among the Tswana people of southern Africa.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Bantu *nkócì / kgosi