Talk:bean
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Manfariel in topic Irish
Possible origin of the money sense edit
Regarding the money sense: John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) claims that "formerly, bean meant a guinea", and relates the word to the French biens (“property”). Equinox ◑ 18:21, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
Irish edit
Cf. Boeotian Greek βανά (baná). (γυνή)--Manfariel (talk) 19:49, 27 May 2022 (UTC)