Etymology

guarana

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Today it means: A tree, Paullinia cupana, native to Venezuela and northern Brazil. Full definition →

Brazilian Portuguese guaraná ← Sateré-Mawé warana
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The story

  1. Sateré-Mawé · derived fromwarana
  2. Brazilian Portuguese · borrowed fromguaraná
  3. English todayguarana

From Brazilian Portuguese guaraná, from Sateré-Mawé warana.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.