Etymograph

English

sego

Sego comes from Ute siγoʔo.

  1. Utemodernsiγoʔo1
  2. Englishtodaysego1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sego

Lineage

  1. UtemodernsiγoʔoWiktionary, English sego
  2. EnglishtodaysegoWiktionary, English sego

Today it means

noun A perennial bulb lily found in Western North America (Calochortus nuttallii), which has trumpet-shaped flowers.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sego”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Ute siγoʔo / sego