Where does “mango” come from?

mango (Portuguese) comes from Spanish mango, from English mango, from Portuguese manga — sleeve; mango.

mango (Portuguese): handle

Definitions

  1. handle

Ancestry of “mango”, step by step

mango traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish mango

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmangohandle; mango; cash, dough
2EnglishmangoA tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica;...
3Portuguesemangasleeve; mango

via Vulgar Latin manicus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmanicushandle

via Old Portuguese mango

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemango—

Words derived from “mango”

Every word from Portuguese manga →Every word from English mango →Every word from Spanish mango →