Where does “polokolī” come from?

polokolī (Tongan) comes from English broccoli, from Italian broccoli, from Latin broccus, from Gaulish brokkos, from Proto-Celtic brokkos — badger.

polokolī (Tongan): broccoli

Definitions

  1. broccoli

Ancestry of “polokolī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbroccoliA plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the...
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 →