Where does “tamaate” come from?

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

tamaate (Wolof): tomato

Definitions

  1. tomato

Ancestry of “tamaate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtomatetomato; first/third-person singular present...
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 →