Where does “tamatis” come from?

tamatis (Cebuano) comes from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

tamatis (Cebuano): a tomato

Definitions

  1. a tomato

Ancestry of “tamatis”, step by step

tamatis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish tomate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
2Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
3Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

via Spanish tomates

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtomatesplural of tomate
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →