Etymograph

English

batata

Batata comes from Spanish batata ‘sweet potato’, and goes back to Taíno batata.

  1. Taínomodernbatata‘sweet potato’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘sweet potato’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2007same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Taínomodernbatata‘sweet potato’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘sweet potato’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2007same form

Earliest quotation: 2007, Julia Moskin, A Celebration of the New Year Ushers in a Bit of Japan: “She uses broccoli rabe instead of aka takana (spicy…”

Linked words

through Taíno batata ‘sweet potato’

potato, 1 more

Today it means

noun sweet potato (plant)

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

Etymograph / Taíno batata / batata

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