• WadeTheWizard
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    688 days ago

    If apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?

    • cabillaud
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      17 days ago

      It comes from Latin “malum terrae”, which has been attested in French since 1488 to designate various tuber or bulb plants