Where does “bwokoli” come from?

bwokoli (Haitian Creole) comes from French brocoli, from Italian broccoli, from Latin broccus, from Gaulish brokkos, from Proto-Celtic brokkos — badger.

bwokoli (Haitian Creole): broccoli

Definitions

  1. broccoli

Ancestry of “bwokoli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbrocolibroccoli
2Italianbroccoliplural of broccolo
3LatinbroccusA person having projecting teeth, a buck-toothed...
4Gaulishbrokkos—
5Proto-Celticbrokkosbadger
Every word from Proto-Celtic brokkos →Every word from Gaulish brokkos →Every word from Latin broccus →