Where does “igname” come from?

igname (French) comes from Portuguese inhame, from Fula nyami — to eat.

igname (French): yam

Definitions

  1. yam

Ancestry of “igname”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseinhameyam
2Fulanyamito eat

Words derived from “igname”

Every word from Fula nyami →Every word from Portuguese inhame →