Where does “toga” come from?

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

toga (Slovene): sadness

Definitions

  1. sadness

Ancestry of “toga”, step by step

toga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin toga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintogatoga; a garment; a roof
2Latintegōto cover; to clothe
3Proto-Italictegōcover
4Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via Proto-Slavic tǫga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictǫgasadness, melancholy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →