English
massaranduba
Massaranduba comes from Old Tupi masarandyba ‘tree of species Manilkara salzmannii’.
- Old Tupimodernmasarandyba‘tree of species Manilkara salzmannii’
- Brazilian Portuguesemodernmassaranduba
- Englishearliest quotation 1867same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Tupimodernmasarandyba‘tree of species Manilkara salzmannii’
- Brazilian Portuguesemodernmassaranduba
- Englishearliest quotation 1867same form
Earliest quotation: 1867, Thomas Mayne Reid, Afloat in the Forest: “The massaranduba is not the only species known as…”
Every English word from Old Tupi masarandyba
Today it means
noun A tropical hardwood tree, Manilkara bidentata, native to South America which produces edible fruit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Tupi masarandyba / massaranduba