Where does “tomato” come from?

tomato (Esperanto) comes from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

tomato (Esperanto): tomato; tomato plant

Definitions

  1. tomato; tomato plant

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- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →
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