Where does “karnauba” come from?

karnauba (Czech) comes from Portuguese carnaúba, from Old Tupi karana'yba, from Old Tupi 'ybá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa — fruit.

karnauba (Czech): carnauba

Definitions

  1. carnauba

Ancestry of “karnauba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecarnaúbacarnauba
2Old Tupikarana'ybacarnauba tree
3Old Tupi'ybáfruit
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*ɨˀβafruit
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa →Every word from Old Tupi 'ybá →Every word from Old Tupi karana'yba →