𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to Showerthoughts • 7 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-square59fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down18
arrow-up1119arrow-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 • 7 hours agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-square@shneancylink51•5 hours ago“apple” used to be a generic term for fruit. So it’s actually “fruit of the earth”, the French are poetic like that
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•4 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
“apple” used to be a generic term for fruit. So it’s actually “fruit of the earth”, the French are poetic like that
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