Where does “kana” come from?

kana (Old Tupi) comes from Portuguese cana, from Old Portuguese cana.

kana (Old Tupi): sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)

Definitions

  1. sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)

Ancestry of “kana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecanacane, reed; sugarcane; canna
2Old Portuguesecana—
Every word from Old Portuguese cana →Every word from Portuguese cana →
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