Broccoli
mid 17th century: from Italian, plural of broccolo ‘cabbage sprout, head’, diminutive of brocco ‘shoot’, based on Latin brocchus, broccus ‘projecting’.
wiktionary
1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo(“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco(“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade [1]), 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.
etymonline
broccoli (n.)
variety of common cabbage with a dense, edible head, 1690s, from Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo "a sprout, cabbage sprout," diminutive of brocco "shoot, protruding tooth, small nail," from Latin broccus (see broach (n.)).
