Where does “tamate” come from?

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

tamate (Ternate): tomato

Definitions

  1. tomato

Ancestry of “tamate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetomatetomato; a blushed face
2Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
3Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
4Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →
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