Where does “tomate italienne” come from?

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

tomate italienne (French): Italian tomato

Definitions

  1. Italian tomato

Ancestry of “tomate italienne”, step by step

tomate italienne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French tomate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtomatetomato; first/third-person singular present...
2Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
3Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
4Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

via French italienne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchitaliennefeminine singular of italien
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →