Where does “broccoli” come from?

broccoli (Dutch) comes from Italian broccoli, from Latin broccus, from Gaulish brokkos, from Proto-Celtic brokkos — badger.

broccoli (Dutch): broccoli

Definitions

  1. broccoli

Ancestry of “broccoli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbroccoliplural of broccolo
2LatinbroccusA person having projecting teeth, a buck-toothed...
3Gaulishbrokkos—
4Proto-Celticbrokkosbadger

Words derived from “broccoli”

Every word from Proto-Celtic brokkos →Every word from Gaulish brokkos →Every word from Latin broccus →
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