bean English · revision 13481

− It is [[inh|ang|bēan|t=bean, pea, legume]] (about 1000; 940 in the OED),^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) from [[m|gem-pro|*baunō]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) cognate with Old Norse baun, Dutch boon and German Bohne.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) Merriam-Webster and Etymonline relate it to Latin faba, bean, and Greek phakós, lentil,^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) but Barnhart finds no further cognates and Hoad calls it of unknown origin;^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) de Vaan thinks the Italic, Slavic and Germanic words are probably independent loans from a European substrate word *bab-.^(Etymonline)