Where does “tomato” come from?

Tomato comes from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan tomatl.

tomato (English): A widely cultivated plant, "Solanum...

Definitions

  1. A widely cultivated plant, "Solanum...

Ancestry of “tomato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
2Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
3Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

Words derived from “tomato

Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma-