Where does “tomata” come from?

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

tomata (Ligurian): tomato

Definitions

  1. tomato

Ancestry of “tomata”, 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- →
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