Where does “kamatis” come from?

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

kamatis (Tagalog): tomato

Definitions

  1. tomato

Ancestry of “kamatis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
2Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
3Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

Words derived from “kamatis

Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma-