Garbanzo
/ɡɑːrˈbæn.zoʊ/noun
A chickpea, especially in Spanish and in U.S. English for the bean itself.
Did you know?Garbanzo is the Spanish word for chickpea, and its exact deeper origin is uncertain, but it likely passed through older Mediterranean trade languages before entering modern English slang.
Etymological Timeline
Medieval Spanish
Spanish
garbanzo
“chickpea”
Earlier Romance / possible Mozarabic
Romance
*garbantzu / *garbanzu
“an older, uncertain form possibly tied to chickpea”
Latin
Latin
cicer
“chickpea”
Modern English
English
garbanzo
“a chickpea, especially in Spanish-influenced usage”