Where does “tomat” come from?

tomat (Chinese) comes from Indonesian tomat, from Dutch tomaat, from English tomato, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

tomat (Chinese): tomato

Definitions

  1. tomato

Ancestry of “tomat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantomattomato
2Dutchtomaattomato, fruit of "Solanum lycopersicum"; tomato...
3EnglishtomatoA widely cultivated plant, "Solanum...
4Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
5Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
6Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma-