Where does “banoffee” come from?
banoffee (English) comes from English toffee, from English Taffy, from Welsh Dafydd, from Middle Welsh Dauyð, from Latin David, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ, from Hebrew דָּוִד.
banoffee (English): A British cream filling made from banana and...
Definitions
- A British cream filling made from banana and...
Ancestry of “banoffee”, step by step
banoffee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English toffee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toffee | A type of chewy confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard |
| 2 | English | Taffy | A Welshman |
| 3 | Welsh | Dafydd | David |
| 4 | Middle Welsh | Dauyð | — |
| 5 | Latin | David | David |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Δαυίδ | David |
| 7 | Hebrew | דָּוִד | — |