banana

• n. バナナ; コメディアン; 大きなタカ鼻
• n. （バナナ）人名；（ポルトガル語、ジンバブエ語）バナナ

おそらくアフリカの言語からきているのだろう。

banana

banana: [16] Banana comes from a West African language – possibly Wolof, a language of the Niger-Congo family, spoken in Senegal and the Gambia. The original European discoverers of the word – and the fruit – were the Spanish and Portuguese, who passed them on to England. The term bananas ‘mad’ is 20th-century, but its origins are obscure; some have compared banana oil, a 20th-century slang term for ‘mad talk, nonsense’.

banana (n.)

1590s, borrowed by Spanish or Portuguese from a West African word, possibly Wolof banana. The plant was introduced to the New World from Africa in 1516. Top banana, second banana, etc. are 1950s, from show business slang use of banana for "comedian, especially in a burlesque show." Banana split first attested 1920. Banana oil "nonsense" is slang from c. 1910.

1. These companies are determined to keep a stranglehold on the banana industry.

これらの会社はバナナ業界を独占することを決意している。

2.Cut the banana in half lengthways.

バナナを縦半分に切る。

3.Cut out the banana oil ; flattery will get you nowhere！

うまいことを言うな、おだてでは得にならない！

4.The boy skinned the banana .

その男の子はバナナの皮をむいた。

5.I slipped on a banana skin.

バナナの皮を踏んで滑った。