Where does “bananaless” come from?
bananaless (English) comes from English banana, from Spanish banana, from Portuguese banana, from Wolof banaana — banana.
bananaless (English): Without bananas
Ancestry of “bananaless”, step by step
bananaless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English banana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | banana | An elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in... |
| 2 | Spanish | banana | banana fruit |
| 3 | Portuguese | banana | banana; penis; bras d'honneur |
| 4 | Wolof | banaana | banana |
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |