Mapologies<p>The word <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chickpea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chickpea</span></a> comes from Old French *pois chiche* and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latin</span></a> *cicer*, also seen in Italian *ceci*, Polish *ciecierzyca*, and Hungarian *csicseri*. In Eastern Europe, terms often trace back to Persian "noxod". The term <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/garbanzo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garbanzo</span></a> may have a pre-Roman Iberian or Proto-Germanic origin. Mediterranean dishes like falafel and hummus highlight chickpeas; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hummus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hummus</span></a> comes from Arabic *حُمُّص*, meaning “chickpea.” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mapologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapologies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mapologies.com/legumes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mapologies.com/legumes/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>