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Where does “pummarola” come from?

pummarola (Italian) comes from Neapolitan pummarola, from Italian pomodoro, from Italian oro, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus.

pummarola (Italian): tomato; tomato sauce, especially for pasta

Definitions

  1. tomato; tomato sauce, especially for pasta

Ancestry of “pummarola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Neapolitanpummarolatomato
2Italianpomodorotomato
3Italianorogold; gold, gold medal; or
4Latinaurumgold; any object made of gold, such as a gold...
5Latinausumnominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative...
6Latinaususdared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,...
7Latinaudeō—
8LatinavidusGreedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,...
9Latin-idustending to
10Proto-Italic*-iðos—
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