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Where does “tomate” come from?

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

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-—

Words derived from “tomate”

  • tomater
  • tomatier
  • tomate italienne
  • tomato
  • tomată
  • tomat
  • tamaate
  • tomat
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