Where does “earlies” come from?

earlies (English) comes from English early, from Middle English erly, from Old English ǣrlīċe.

earlies (English): Potatoes that are harvested before the main crop

Definitions

  1. Potatoes that are harvested before the main crop

Ancestry of “earlies”, step by step

earlies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English early

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishearlyAt a time in advance of the usual or expected...
2Middle Englisherlyearly
3Old Englishǣrlīċe—

via English S

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSThe ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this...
Every word from Old English ǣrlīċe →Every word from Middle English erly →Every word from English early →