𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 day 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-square104fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down116
arrow-up1254arrow-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 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 day agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-square@Isoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish49•1 day 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
minus-square@Dasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•8 hours agoIt also explain why we here in the Nordics call oranges “appelsin”, as in a “Chinese apple”.
minus-square@moistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•6 hours agoBut… we’re talking French and Adam and Eve was written in Hebrew. Is it the same for Hebrew?
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
It also explain why we here in the Nordics call oranges “appelsin”, as in a “Chinese apple”.
Same in Dutch: sinaasappel
But… we’re talking French and Adam and Eve was written in Hebrew. Is it the same for Hebrew?
That’s a bingo.