Etymology

ensete

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Today it means: Ensete ventricosum, a species of flowering plant in the banana family Musaceae, the root of which is used for food and other purposes. Full definition →

Ge'ez እንሰት
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The story

  1. Ge'ez · borrowed fromእንሰት“the false banana Ensete ventricosum; ensete”
  2. English todayensete

From Ge'ez እንሰት (inset, “the false banana Ensete ventricosum; ensete”).

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