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Why is the word French in French fry?

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Wiktionary provides the following definition:

french: (transitive verb) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.

This term is rarely used in modern cooking.

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they we're invented by Belgians who spoke French.

So the 'French' in French fries was from the language they spoke, not fom the country they we're made in

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