Where does “bananas” come from?

Bananas derives from Wolof banaana, which comes from Arabic بَنَان, a word of uncertain ultimate origin whose earliest sense remains unknown.

bananas (English): plural of banana; Crazy, mad, nuts

Definitions

  1. plural of banana; Crazy, mad, nuts

Ancestry of “bananas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbananaAn elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in...
2Spanishbananabanana fruit
3Portuguesebananabanana; penis; bras d'honneur
4Wolofbanaanabanana

Words derived from “bananas

Every word from Wolof banaana