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Where does “tomatl” come from?

tomatl (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Proto-Nahuan *toma-.

tomatl (Classical Nahuatl): tomato

Definitions

  1. tomato

Ancestry of “tomatl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nahuan*toma-—

Words derived from “tomatl”

  • jitomate
  • xitomātl
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