The word comes from the Arabic 'Banan' which means 'finger'. It is thought that Linneus named the Genus in 1750 by by using this Arabic name
The word's origin is not from a "country" but from Arabic language origin: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=734999
gasab that is how u say bamboo
it's called Mouz
The word banana (in botany Musa Sapientm: the fruit of the wise men) is of West African origin, from the Wolof language, and passed into English via Spanish and/or Portuguese.The Wolof are thought to have contributed several word to English including:BananaYam from "to eat food."Hip or hep (e.g., jazz musicians' now cliched "hip cat") "one who has his eyes open".
El muuz
Marigo is the Kikuyu word for the English word banana.
The word for banana in Yoruba is "รฒgรจdรจ."
yes the word banana is fruit
The Abaluhya (Luhya) word for the English word 'banana' is "liramwaa".
The Arabic word for 'cars' is saiarat and the Arabic spelling is سيارات.
well banana split is a compound word