Where does “tomate” come from?

tomate (Spanish) comes from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

tomate (Spanish): tomato; tomatillo; hole

Definitions

  1. tomato; tomatillo; hole

Ancestry of “tomate”, step by step

tomate traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Nahuatl tomātl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
2Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

via Nahuatl xitomatl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nahuatlxitomatl—

via Nahuatl tomatl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nahuatltomatltomatillo

Words derived from “tomate”

Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →