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Stage 1 of 3
batata
Taíno · pre-1500s
"sweet potato"
originally referred to the sweet potato, not the white potato
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Stage 2 of 3
patata
Spanish · c. 1500s
"potato or sweet potato"
the word blended with Quechua "papa" for the Andean tuber
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Stage 3 of 3
potato
English · c. 1560s
"the potato tuber"
eventually settled onto the Andean white potato specifically
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