Where does “bananapants” come from?

bananapants (English) comes from English bananas, from English banana, from Spanish banana, from Portuguese banana, from Wolof banaana — banana.

bananapants (English): (Very) crazy

Definitions

  1. (Very) crazy

Ancestry of “bananapants”, step by step

bananapants traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bananas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbananasplural of banana; Crazy, mad, nuts
2EnglishbananaAn elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in...
3Spanishbananabanana fruit
4Portuguesebananabanana; penis; bras d'honneur
5Wolofbanaanabanana

via English crazypants

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrazypantsA crazy person
Every word from Wolof banaana →Every word from Portuguese banana →Every word from Spanish banana →