Where does “batata-roxa” come from?

batata-roxa (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese batata, from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata — sweet potato.

batata-roxa (Portuguese): Variety of sweet potato, with purple tubers, widely used in sweets

Definitions

  1. Variety of sweet potato, with purple tubers, widely used in sweets

Ancestry of “batata-roxa”, step by step

batata-roxa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese batata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebatatapotato
2Spanishbatatasweet potato
3Taínobatatasweet potato

via Portuguese roxa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseroxa—
Every word from Taíno batata →Every word from Spanish batata →Every word from Portuguese batata →