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Tomato

3 stages from Nahuatl to English.

Today it means a red edible fruit, typically eaten as a vegetable
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Stage 1 of 3
tomatl
Nahuatl · pre-1500s
"tomato"
literally "the swelling fruit", used by the Aztecs
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Stage 2 of 3
tomate
Spanish · c. 1530s
"tomato"
brought to Spain following the conquest of Mexico
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Stage 3 of 3
tomato
English · 1600s
"the tomato fruit"
adapted from Spanish and Portuguese sources
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