Tomatl
/ˈto.mat͡ɬ/noun
The Nahuatl word for the tomato, and the source of English tomato.
Did you know?English tomato comes through Spanish from Nahuatl tomatl, one of several New World plant names that survived conquest and became global vocabulary.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Nahuatl
Nahuatl
tomatl
“the tomato fruit”
16th Century
Spanish
tomate
“tomato”
16th–17th Century
Spanish/English
tomato
“the cultivated tomato”
Modern English
English
tomato
“the red edible fruit of the tomato plant”