Where does “pepaya” come from?

pepaya (Malay) comes from Dutch papaja, from Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia — papaya.

pepaya (Malay): papaya

Definitions

  1. papaya

Ancestry of “pepaya”, step by step

pepaya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch papaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpapajapapaya
2Spanishpapayapapaya; vagina; easy
3Arawakpapáiapapaya

via Portuguese papaia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepapaiapapaya

Words derived from “pepaya”

Every word from Arawak papáia →Every word from Spanish papaya →Every word from Dutch papaja →