Where does “nana” come from?

Nana comes from Proto-Celtic nana, which was borrowed from Arabic بَنَان, though the original meaning is uncertain.

nana (English): a banana; a fool; one's grandmother

Definitions

  1. a banana; a fool; one's grandmother

Ancestry of “nana”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nana”

Every word from Wolof banaana →Every word from Portuguese banana →Every word from Spanish banana →
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