Where does “tomat” come from?

tomat (Mauritian Creole) comes from French tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

tomat (Mauritian Creole): tomato; tinned mackerel in sauce

Definitions

  1. tomato; tinned mackerel in sauce

Ancestry of “tomat”, 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- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →