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It'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? (midwest.social)

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[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 39 points 17 hours ago

Some German speakers say "Erdapfel" which is literally "earth apple."

[-] Haus@kbin.earth 19 points 16 hours ago

In Dutch, a potato is called aardappel, which literally translates to "earth apple" (aarde meaning "earth" and appel meaning "apple").

[-] HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

Unsurprisingly, similar for us in Afrikaans.

"Aartappel"

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