Where does “bananaquit” come from?

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

bananaquit (English): A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought...

Definitions

  1. A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought...

Ancestry of “bananaquit”, step by step

bananaquit traces back through 3 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 English [[quit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English[[quit—

via English quit]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishquit]]—
Every word from Wolof banaana →Every word from Portuguese banana →Every word from Spanish banana →