Where does “brócoli” come from?

brócoli (Portuguese) comes from Italian broccoli, from Latin broccus, from Gaulish brokkos, from Proto-Celtic brokkos — badger.

brócoli (Portuguese): broccoli

Definitions

  1. broccoli

Ancestry of “brócoli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbroccoliplural of broccolo
2LatinbroccusA person having projecting teeth, a buck-toothed...
3Gaulishbrokkos—
4Proto-Celticbrokkosbadger
Every word from Proto-Celtic brokkos →Every word from Gaulish brokkos →Every word from Latin broccus →