This still lives on; in Swedish for instance, orange is apelsin, which comes from "apple from China". Pomegranate comes from "pomme", French for apple, and "gr

This still lives on; in Swedish for instance, orange is apelsin, which comes from "apple from China". Pomegranate comes from "pomme", French for apple, and "granatum" meaning it has many seeds (grenade actually comes from the fruit, because it looks like one). Potatoes are "pommes du terre" in French, meaning "earth apples", and French fries are "pommes frites", fried apples. Or just freedom fries.