Where does “broccoli” come from?

Broccoli comes from Italian broccoli, the plural of broccolo, which derives from Italian brocco, ultimately from Latin broccus.

broccoli (English): A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the...

Definitions

  1. A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the...

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