Where does “tomate” come from?

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

tomate (French): tomato; first/third-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. tomato; first/third-person singular present...

Ancestry of “tomate”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tomate

Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma-