Where does “ananas” come from?

ananas (English) comes from Italian ananas, from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã — pineapple.

ananas (English): Pineapple; Bromelia pinguin, a plant with edible...

Definitions

  1. Pineapple; Bromelia pinguin, a plant with edible...

Ancestry of “ananas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianananaspineapple
2Frenchananaspineapple
3Spanishananáspineapple plant; pineapple fruit
4Portugueseananáspineapple
5Old Tupinanápineapple plant
6Proto-Tupi-Guarani*nanãpineapple
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã →