Meet the Hominins. 1  ToumaÃ¯ (Sahelanthropus tchadensis) 2  Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis. 3  Selam (Australopithecus afarensis) 4  Ardipithecus ramidus. 5  Flores man (Homo floresiensis.
French Fries, French Fried Potatoes or Fries: In French, the formal name for fried potatoes is pommes de terre frites (PUM-duh-tare-FREET). The term is often shortened to pommes frites or simply, frites. The terms aiguillettes or allumettes refer to very thinly sliced chips.
The first recorded use of the term frenching can be traced back to 1895. Seeing as how pomme frites pre-dates this term by about 60 years, it doesn't seem plausible that this is the correct interpretation (but that's just my own person opinion). Anyway, that is how french fries got there name.