Etymograph

English

Indian potato

From Indian + potato.

A compound of Indian + potato

Anglo-Norman indien

Middle English Indien

English Indian

Taíno batata ‘sweet potato’

Spanish patata

English potato

Today it means

noun Apios americana (American potato-bean), a terrestrial plant native to eastern North America;

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Indian potato