Where does “tomatengevecht” come from?

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

tomatengevecht (Dutch): tomato fight

Definitions

  1. tomato fight

Ancestry of “tomatengevecht”, step by step

tomatengevecht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch tomaat

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

via Dutch gevecht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgevechtfight, struggle, battle
2Middle Dutchgevecht—
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →