köken: 18th century, from Italian broccoli, which see. The usual pronunciation with a long /oː/ is perhaps influenced by the French spelling brocoli, formerly also found in German texts. The sense of "marijuana" originated from a widely mocked quote said by the former German federal drug commissioner Daniela Ludwig at a press conferrence in 2020. : "Nur weil Alkohol gefährlich ist, unbestritten, ist…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *brokkos Gaulish *brokkosbor.? Latin broccus Italian brocco Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Italian -olo Italian broccolobor. Polish brokuł Borrowed from Italian broccolo.
köken: From Dutch broccoli, from Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”), from Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp, projecting; buck-toothed”), possibly of Gaulish origin, related to Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) or Proto-Celtic *brozdos (“tip, point”).