Where does “طماطم” come from?

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

طماطم (Hijazi Arabic): collective tomatoes

Definitions

  1. collective tomatoes

Ancestry of “طماطم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
2Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
3Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →