Where does “tomat” come from?

tomat (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German Tomate, from French tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

tomat (Norwegian Nynorsk): a tomato

Definitions

  1. a tomato

Ancestry of “tomat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTomatetomato
2Frenchtomatetomato; first/third-person singular present...
3Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
4Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
5Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

Words derived from “tomat”

Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →