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Where does the word "matoke" come from? It comes from Bantu matoke, and was adopted directly into English (1900s).
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Where does the word "matoke" come from? It comes from Bantu matoke, and was adopted directly into English (1900s).
Matoke’s story begins in Bantu: matoke meant “cooking bananas.” A variety of starchy cooking banana, and the dish made from it. It reached English by 1900s as matoke. Cooking bananas are Uganda's staple food. Today, matoke means a starchy East African dish made from steamed and mashed green bananas.
- Stage 1 · Bantu · medieval matoke "cooking bananas", a variety of starchy cooking banana, and the dish made from it.
- Stage 2 · English · 1900s matoke "a steamed East African banana dish", cooking bananas are Uganda's staple food.