Where the Word Potato Comes From
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##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn About the History of French Fries The word “potato” comes from the Haitian word “batata”, which was their name for a sweet potato. This later came to Spanish as “patata” and eventually into English as “potato”.
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