Meaning
Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-? Proto-Germanic *babnōder.? Proto-Germanic *baunō Proto-West Germanic *baunu Old English bēan Middle English bene English bean From Middle English bene, from Old English bēan, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō (“bean”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Cognate with Scots bene, bein (“bean”), North Frisian buan, Saterland Frisian Boone, West Frisian bean, beanne, Dutch boon, German Bohne, Luxembourgish Boun, Danish bønne, Faroese bøn, bøna, Icelandic baun, Norwegian Bokmål bønne, Norwegian Nynorsk bauna, baune, bogna, bønne, Swedish böna, Irish pónaire, Manx poanrey, Scottish Gaelic pònair, Latin faba, Russian боб (bob), Serbo-Croatian bȍb /бо̏б. Doublet of fava.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 16 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-09-21NABEJLY
- 2026-09-06BADEGNO
- 2026-08-18BADEGHN
- 2026-03-28NABEMKT
- 2025-12-14BVANIEL
- 2025-12-05ENAMCBI
- 2025-09-05ABEJLNY
- 2025-05-25NPAOEBL
- 2025-04-19NAIEBFL
- 2024-11-17NABEILP
- 2024-09-21NAWOJEB
- 2024-02-22BANDCEU
+4 earlier appearances in the archive.