Where does “помидорчик” come from?
помидорчик (Russian) comes from Russian помидо́р, from Italian pomi d'oro, from Italian pomo d'oro, from Italian pomodoro, from Italian oro, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus.
помидорчик (Russian): Diminutive of помидо́р
Ancestry of “помидорчик”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | помидо́р | — |
| 2 | Italian | pomi d'oro | plural of pomo d'oro |
| 3 | Italian | pomo d'oro | Archaic form of pomodoro |
| 4 | Italian | pomodoro | tomato |
| 5 | Italian | oro | gold; gold, gold medal; or |
| 6 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 7 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 9 | Latin | audeō | — |
| 10 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 11 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |