I thought it was named after Lieutenant Broccoli of Star Trek fame.
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Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Broccoli is named after the family which invented it. The family line so exists with the last name of Broccoli and is quite wealthy.
dankm@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A branch of the Broccoli family made the James Bond movies until they sold the rights for gigabux to Amazon.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
That’s what the Broccoli family (of James Bond fame) claims, but it’s contested. The James Bond IP is the source of their wealth.
Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Whoops, should have elaborated that was their source of wealth so people don’t think they got rich from allegedly inventing broccoli (didn’t know it was contested)
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Yeah, it’s interesting if you’re into etymology or language in general.
Broccolo is the Italian term for the brassica flower crest and is the diminutive form of brocco, meaning sprout in a botanical context. Broccoli as a surname can mean their ancestors were broccoli farmers, soldiers as a brocco is the center of a shield, carpenters as it can refer to a type of nail, or even arborists as it can be the stump left after cutting off a tree limb. Italian is a very old language, the associations get wild.
Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They were in the veggie business in NYC I think. The name comes from Southern Italy somewhere.