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My favourite example: the Latin word musa ‘banana’, which originates from New Guinea of all places. It was passed language by language through Indonesia, India
by bradrn 5y ago
My favourite example: the Latin word musa ‘banana’, which originates from New Guinea of all places. It was passed language by language through Indonesia, India and Arabia to eventually end up in Europe. [Source: https://www.academia.edu/25619010/Things_your_classics_master_never_told_you_a_borrowing_from_Trans_New_Guinea_languages_into_Latin https://www.academia.edu/25619010/Things_your_classics_maste...]
- contingencies 5y agoThat's amusing as I recently had some kind of international French banana expert weigh in to re-identify a wild banana I photographed in Hainan. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105789401 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105789401