Where does “brocail” come from?

brocail (Scottish Gaelic) comes from English broccoli, from Italian broccoli, from Latin broccus, from Gaulish brokkos, from Proto-Celtic brokkos — badger.

brocail (Scottish Gaelic): broccoli

Definitions

  1. broccoli

Ancestry of “brocail”, step by step

brocail traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English broccoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbroccoliA plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the...
2Italianbroccoliplural of broccolo
3LatinbroccusA person having projecting teeth, a buck-toothed...
4Gaulishbrokkos—
5Proto-Celticbrokkosbadger

via Scottish Gaelic broc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicbrocbadger; wolf
2Middle Irishbroccbadger
3Primitive Irishᚁᚏᚑᚉᚔ—
Every word from Proto-Celtic brokkos →Every word from Gaulish brokkos →Every word from Latin broccus →