Where does “brécol” come from?

brécol (Spanish) comes from Spanish bróculi, from Italian broccoli, from Latin broccus, from Gaulish brokkos, from Proto-Celtic brokkos — badger.

brécol (Spanish): broccoli

Definitions

  1. broccoli

Ancestry of “brécol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbróculibroccoli
2Italianbroccoliplural of broccolo
3LatinbroccusA person having projecting teeth, a buck-toothed...
4Gaulishbrokkos—
5Proto-Celticbrokkosbadger
Every word from Proto-Celtic brokkos →Every word from Gaulish brokkos →Every word from Latin broccus →