Where does “toga” come from?

toga (Latin) comes from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

toga (Latin): toga; a garment; a roof

Definitions

  1. toga; a garment; a roof

Ancestry of “toga”, step by step

toga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tegō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintegōto cover; to clothe
2Proto-Italictegōcover
3Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via Proto-Italic *togā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*togācovering

Words derived from “toga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →