broccoli
The origin and history of broccoli.
Etymology
Borrowed in the late 1600s from Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo ("cabbage sprout"), from brocco ("shoot" or "sprout") — a relative of "brocade" and "brochure," which share the same Latin root for something pointed.
Class of 1600
broccoli first entered the language around 1600. Other words from the same year:
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