Where does “nanas” come from?

nanas (Maguindanao) comes from Malay nanas, from Dutch ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã — pineapple.

nanas (Maguindanao): pineapple

Definitions

  1. pineapple

Ancestry of “nanas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaynanaspineapple
2Dutchananaspineapple; pineapple plant, plant of the genus...
3Spanishananáspineapple plant; pineapple fruit
4Portugueseananáspineapple
5Old Tupinanápineapple plant
6Proto-Tupi-Guarani*nanãpineapple
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã