Where does “banan” come from?

banan (Danish) comes from English banana, from Spanish banana, from Portuguese banana, from Wolof banaana — banana.

banan (Danish): banana

Definitions

  1. banana

Ancestry of “banan”, step by step

banan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English banana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbananaAn elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in...
2Spanishbananabanana fruit
3Portuguesebananabanana; penis; bras d'honneur
4Wolofbanaanabanana

via French banane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbananebanana the fruit

Words derived from “banan”

Every word from Wolof banaana →Every word from Portuguese banana →Every word from Spanish banana →