From ancient times, fruits have been Man’s favourite food Prehistoric Man may have resorted to consuming fruits, which were readily available when other sources of food were scarce. There are very interesting stories behind the names of most fruits.
Tomato is a West Indian word. Do you know that the meaning of the word is ‘love apple’? Grapes, on the other hand, were so called because they grow in bunches. The fruit gets its name from the French word ‘grappe’, and the Italian word ‘grappo’. Both these words mean the same: ‘bunch’!
The raspberry gets its name from the German word, ‘raspen’. It means to ‘rub something with a file’. The fruit has an exterior that looks as if it has been scraped with a file! Strawberries were initially called Stray-berries because their stalks strayed in all directions. The names of most other fruits have such funny origins!
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