broccoli
/ˈbɹɒk.ə.li/ · noun
Meaning
- A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.
- Marijuana.
- plural of broccolo
- A surname from Italian.
Etymology / origin
1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade), from Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp, projecting; buck-toothed”), possibly of Gaulish origin, related to Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) or Proto-Celtic *brozdos (“tip, point”) (compare Scottish Gaelic brog (“pointed instrument, awl”), Welsh procio (“thrust, poke”), Old English brord (“point, spike”)). More at brochure, brad.
- brord(Old English)→
- procio(Welsh)→
- brog(gd)→
- *brozdos(cel-pro)→
- *brokkos(cel-pro)→
- -(cel-gau)→
- broccus(Latin)→
- broccoli(Italian)→
- broccoli (English)
- Relations: der, der, der, der, der, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- broklo(Cornish) (der)
- brolic(English) (uder)
- بروكلي(Hijazi Arabic) (bor)
- brocailí(Irish) (der)
- ブロッコリー(Japanese) (bor)
- 브로콜리(Korean) (bor)
- brocail(Scottish Gaelic) (der)
- brokoli(Swahili) (bor)
- brokoli(Tagalog) (bor)
- บรอกโคลี(Thai) (bor)
- brocoli(Welsh) (bor)
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