Where does “bongo” come from?

bongo (English) comes from Spanish bongó, from Ekele boungu.

bongo (English): A striped bovine mammal found in Africa,...

Definitions

  1. A striped bovine mammal found in Africa,...

Ancestry of “bongo”, step by step

bongo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish bongó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbongóbongo
2Ekeleboungu—

via United States Spanish bongó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1United States Spanishbongó—

Words derived from “bongo”

Every word from Ekele boungu →Every word from Spanish bongó →