Etymology

pitanga

P3I1T1A1N1G2A1

Today it means: A Eugenia uniflora tree or its fruit. Full definition →

Brazilian Portuguese pitanga ← Old Tupi 'ybapytanga
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Old Tupi · derived from'ybapytanga
  2. Brazilian Portuguese · borrowed frompitanga
  3. English todaypitanga

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pitanga, from Old Tupi 'ybapytanga.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.