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Potatoes originated from the Americas, so I suppose that word was created in the past 500 years. But even for modern computer names, I would thing old languages
by notepad0x90 9mo ago
Potatoes originated from the Americas, so I suppose that word was created in the past 500 years. But even for modern computer names, I would thing old languages would just use amalgamations like that.
- card_zero 9mo agoChecks Wiktionary says it was in Old High German a thousand years ago, but defines that word as "pumpkin, squash, melon", which is strange since pumpkins are New World too.
- wiml 9mo agoSquashes are New World, but gourds and melons were grown in the Old World (Wikipedia says brought to Europe during the Roman era).