Where does “ブロッコリー” come from?
ブロッコリー (Japanese) comes from English broccoli, from Italian broccoli, from Latin broccus, from Gaulish brokkos, from Proto-Celtic brokkos — badger.
ブロッコリー (Japanese): broccoli
Ancestry of “ブロッコリー”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | broccoli | A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the... |
| 2 | Italian | broccoli | plural of broccolo |
| 3 | Latin | broccus | A person having projecting teeth, a buck-toothed... |
| 4 | Gaulish | brokkos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | brokkos | badger |