Where does “potato” come from?

Potato comes from Spanish patata, which was borrowed from Taíno batata, a word for the starchy tuber plant native to the Caribbean.

potato (English): The tuber of a plant, "Solanum tuberosum", eaten...

Definitions

  1. The tuber of a plant, "Solanum tuberosum", eaten...

Ancestry of “potato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpatatapotato; piece of rubbish
2Taínobatatasweet potato

Words derived from “potato

Every word from Taíno batata
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