Where does “bacove” come from?

bacove (Dutch) comes from Portuguese pacova, from Old Tupi pakoba, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pakoβ — a fruit or plant similar to the banana.

bacove (Dutch): banana

Definitions

  1. banana

Ancestry of “bacove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepacovabanana
2Old Tupipakobabanana
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pakoβa fruit or plant similar to the banana

Words derived from “bacove

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pakoβ
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