Where does “ignamă” come from?

ignamă (Romanian) comes from French igname, from Portuguese inhame, from Fula nyami — to eat.

ignamă (Romanian): yam

Definitions

  1. yam

Ancestry of “ignamă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchignameyam
2Portugueseinhameyam
3Fulanyamito eat
Every word from Fula nyami →Every word from Portuguese inhame →Every word from French igname →