+45 Since bananas are almost always called "bananas" in every language, it seems that most people just found the name to be perfect for a weirdly shaped, tasty yellow fruit. amirite?

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I think you're confusing bananas with pineapple which are called "ananas" in most languages except some including English.

by spencerconstanc 2 days ago

Idk in French, Spanish, English, Russian, Hebrew, German, Japanese, and probably plenty more, it's all a variant of "banan" in some way.

by Jayda28 2 days ago

In Spanish is "plátano", really far away from banana

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Spanish also has banana/banano

by Odd_Strain 2 days ago

We say banana too, at least in Uruguay

by Leannondianna 2 days ago

Plátano is normally used for plantain. But depends on the country

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Does "Kela" sound like "Banana" to you?

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Serviette is used in many commonwealth/historically commonwealth countries. Trevor Noah does a skit about the misunderstanding of Napkin when he first moved to the US

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Library exists in latin languages but it means book store

by Anonymous 2 days ago

This may be because i grew up with ananas, but until now it never occured to me that bananas and ananas might be considered confusingly similar.

by Amarikessler 2 days ago

The name more likely spread like this: "Hey merchant, what's this yellow thing" "Banana" "Cool, I'll have 5 bananas"

by boscojedidiah 2 days ago

Hey merchant what's this? Potato Kartoffel Pomme de Terre ...

by Anonymous 2 days ago

You know, it's pretty fascinating from a linguistic standpoint - the word ‘banana' is believed to have its roots in West Africa. It then made its way through trade into Spanish and Portuguese, and eventually into nearly every major language out there. It's one of those rare instances where the word traveled alongside the fruit so seamlessly that no one felt the need to come up with a local name for it.

by TraditionalTrack 2 days ago

a banana is not an ananas

by Rippindelfina 2 days ago

Ever felt like you've missed the point?

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Conspiracy theorists will use this as "proof" of a technologically advanced global civilization

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Conspiracy theorists even think the Earth is round.

by Technical-Gene-5500 2 days ago

Just look at the shape of the word "banana", the "b" has the stem, and the rest of the word is the fruit.

by Prize_Activity 2 days ago

About 1/8 of the world call it xiangjiao. I think more people agree about the name of litchis.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

So you're assuming every language uses the word "computer"?

by Schadenkyra 2 days ago

No they are not, in almost every language they are called some version of "ananas"

by Anonymous 2 days ago

That's pineapple

by Jayda28 2 days ago

Nope, that's pineapple. It's accurate to say that most the European languages (except Spanish) use some variant of banana/banan for bananas. Obviously plenty of non-european languages that are completely different though.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Well, with the introduction of the metric system, we also have Plantains.

by Virtual_Bug9830 2 days ago