Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL although the idea that Adam and Eve ate an apple is common, the Book of Genesis never mentions the identity of the forbidden fruit.www.rutgers.eduexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL although the idea that Adam and Eve ate an apple is common, the Book of Genesis never mentions the identity of the forbidden fruit.www.rutgers.eduDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI think apple used to be a generic term for fruits. It is especially apparent for exotic fruits, for example here is a list of fruits from the Caribbean, none of then are related to the European apple: golden apple wax apple/rose apple pineapple sugar apple custard apple
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoPotato (Pomme de Terre, Erdapfel)
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoIn a slavic language (either Croatian or Czech, I forgot), it’s krompir, literally ground/soil pear.
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoMy German professor even mentioned the archaic apfelsine for the citrus orange.
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoApfelsine is not archaic. Very widely used today, at least here in the south. Also, it literally means “Chinese apple” lol
I think apple used to be a generic term for fruits.
It is especially apparent for exotic fruits, for example here is a list of fruits from the Caribbean, none of then are related to the European apple:
Potato (Pomme de Terre, Erdapfel)
In a slavic language (either Croatian or Czech, I forgot), it’s krompir, literally ground/soil pear.
My German professor even mentioned the archaic apfelsine for the citrus orange.
Apfelsine is not archaic. Very widely used today, at least here in the south.
Also, it literally means “Chinese apple” lol