Why Is Potato Pomme?

As mentioned above, pommes is derived from the Latin word pomum, which refers to any fruit from a tree, and Old French had various other distinct fruits referred to as pommes. The Catalunyan language Catalán, which also calls an apple a pome, calls a potato a patata, as it does in Spanish.

Is Pomme an apple or potato?

Pommes is the word for apples, and pommes de terre, or apples of the earth, are potatoes.

Does Pomme mean potato?

10/07/2015. “Pommes frites” — obviously French. If you've taken a French class, you know that the word “pomme” means “apple” and the word “frite” means fried. ... You see, the French word for potato is actually “pomme de terre,” or “fruit of the earth.”