Where does “tomat” come from?
tomat (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Tomate, from French tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-.
tomat (Norwegian Bokmål): a tomato
Ancestry of “tomat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Tomate | tomato |
| 2 | French | tomate | tomato; first/third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Spanish | tomate | tomato; tomatillo; hole |
| 4 | Classical Nahuatl | tomātl | tomato |
| 5 | Proto-Nahuan | *toma- | — |
Words derived from “tomat”