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Worst of all is that "pine-apple" translate literally in French as "pomme de pin" ("apple from a pine"). Which is the french name for pine cones. So not only h
by ploum 3y ago
Worst of all is that "pine-apple" translate literally in French as "pomme de pin" ("apple from a pine"). Which is the french name for pine cones.
So not only has English a word completely different from others, it also literally means another existing fruit!
- tschwimmer 3y agoActually this sort of clarifies things for me (perhaps falsely) that the etymology is from a pineapple sort of looking like a pinecone. Looking at the plant that it grows from, it clearly would not be mistaken for a pine tree.