Where does “ananas” come from?

ananas (Middle French) comes from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã — pineapple.

Ancestry of “ananas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishananáspineapple plant; pineapple fruit
2Portugueseananáspineapple
3Old Tupinanápineapple plant
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*nanãpineapple

Words derived from “ananas”

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã →