Where does “tomat” come from?

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

tomat (Volapük): tomato

Definitions

  1. tomato

Ancestry of “tomat”, step by step

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