Where does “potato” come from?

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

potato (Ido): potato

Definitions

  1. potato

Ancestry of “potato”, step by step

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