Where does “bananrepublikk” come from?
bananrepublikk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål republikk, from French république, from Middle French république, from Latin republica, from Latin rēspublica, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
bananrepublikk (Norwegian Bokmål): a banana republic
Ancestry of “bananrepublikk”, step by step