Where does “bananrepublikk” come from?
bananrepublikk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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 Nynorsk): a banana republic
Ancestry of “bananrepublikk”, step by step