Where does “itamati” come from?

itamati (Southern Ndebele) comes from Afrikaans tamatie, from Dutch tomaat, from English tomato, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

itamati (Southern Ndebele): tomato

Definitions

  1. tomato

Ancestry of “itamati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanstamatietomato
2Dutchtomaattomato, fruit of "Solanum lycopersicum"; tomato...
3EnglishtomatoA widely cultivated plant, "Solanum...
4Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
5Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
6Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →