Where does “patata melys” come from?

patata melys (Cornish) comes from Cornish patata, from English potato, from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata — sweet potato.

patata melys (Cornish): sweet potato

Definitions

  1. sweet potato

Ancestry of “patata melys”, step by step

patata melys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish patata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishpatatapotato
2EnglishpotatoThe tuber of a plant, "Solanum tuberosum", eaten...
3Spanishpatatapotato; piece of rubbish
4Taínobatatasweet potato

via Cornish melys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishmelyssweet, sugary
Every word from Taíno batata →Every word from Spanish patata →Every word from English potato →