broccoli
English
/ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/, /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/, /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/
noun
Definitions
- A plant, , of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.
Etymology
Derived from Italian broccoli derived from Latin broccus (pointed, sharp, projecting, pointy-toothed prominent-toothed, buck-toothed, having protruding teeth, having projecting teeth, pointy-toothed) derived from Proto-Celtic *brokkos (badger), *brozdos (point, tip).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*brozdos
Gloss
point, tip
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- broccolilike English
- broccoloid English
- brog English
- *brocca Latin
- brocca Latin
- broccus Latin
- Broccoli German
- brokkoli Hungarian
- broccoli Italian
- brocoli French
- brócoli Spanish, Castilian
- bróculi Spanish, Castilian
- brokkoli Norwegian Bokmål
- brócoli Portuguese
- *bruzdaz Proto-Germanic
- ブロッコリー Japanese
- brokkoli Norwegian Nynorsk
- broc Old English
- brocc Old English
- brord Old English
- broc Catalan, Valencian
- broca Catalan, Valencian
- bròcoli Catalan, Valencian
- broca Galician
- broco Galician
- บรอกโคลี Thai
- brog Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- brécolîn Norman
- *brokkos Proto-Celtic
- *brozdos Proto-Celtic
- brocc Middle Irish
- *brox Proto-Brythonic
- *brokkos Gaulish