Etymology

ananas

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Italian ananas ← French ananas ← Spanish ananás
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The story

  1. Old Tupi · derived fromnaná“pineapple”
  2. Portuguese · derived fromananás
  3. Spanish · derived fromananás
  4. French · derived fromananas
  5. Italian · borrowed fromananas
  6. English todayananas

From Italian ananas, from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, adapted from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”).

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