Where does “tomater” come from?

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

tomater (French): to add, cover, or pelt with tomato

Definitions

  1. to add, cover, or pelt with tomato

Ancestry of “tomater”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtomatetomato; first/third-person singular present...
2Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
3Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
4Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →
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