Where does “Indian potato” come from?

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

Indian potato (English): Any of several kinds of North American plants...

Definitions

  1. Any of several kinds of North American plants...

Ancestry of “Indian potato”, step by step

Indian potato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English potato

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

via English indian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishindianOf or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies
2Middle EnglishIndien—
3Anglo-NormanindienIndian
Every word from Taíno batata →Every word from Spanish patata →Every word from English potato →
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