Where does “beans” come from?
Beans comes from Middle English been, from Arabic بَان, from Proto-Germanic baunō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-.
beans (English): plural of bean; API pl; pills; drugs in pill form
Definitions
- plural of bean; API pl; pills; drugs in pill form
Ancestry of “beans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bean | Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic... |
| 2 | Middle English | bene | gracious, generous, pleasant; neighbourly help,... |
| 3 | Old English | bēn | prayer, request; prayer, request, petition,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | banjō | wound |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-yeh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |