English
pinder
Pinder comes from Kongo mpinda ‘peanut’.
- Kongomodernmpinda‘peanut’
- Englishtodaypinder
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Kongomodernmpinda‘peanut’
- Englishtodaypinder
The story
Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (‘peanut’), also borrowed in Dutch as pinda.
Every English word from Kongo mpinda
Today it means
noun A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Kongo mpinda / pinder