Etymology

potato

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Today it means: The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum. Full definition →

Spanish patata ← Taíno batata
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  1. Taínobatata
  2. Spanishpatata
  3. English todaypotato

Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”). Doublet of batata.

Words from the same roots

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batata

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.