The story
- Lokono · derived frompapáia
- Spanish · borrowed frompapaya
- English todaypapaya
Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia. Doublet of pawpaw.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
papaya
Today it means: A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit. Full definition →
Spanish papaya ← Lokono papáia