𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down110
arrow-up1158arrow-down1message-squareIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 hours agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·8 hours ago “apple” used to be a generic term for fruit. Oh, that explains the myth that Adam and Eve at an apple, when a specific fruit is never mentioned. https://www.etymonline.com/word/apple
Oh, that explains the myth that Adam and Eve at an apple, when a specific fruit is never mentioned.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/apple
That’s a bingo.