They were in the veggie business in NYC I think. The name comes from Southern Italy somewhere.
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SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days agoThat’s what the Broccoli family (of James Bond fame) claims, but it’s contested. The James Bond IP is the source of their wealth.
Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 days 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 days 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.