The conversation between human and AI assistant.
Why did the fruit "apple" retain its name as "apple", since it originally referred to other fruits and other fruits became specifically named?
Wow, I had no idea. Do you think the fact that other fruits were also called "apples" played a role in determining why the name stuck with what we now call an apple?
It's possible. The fact that other fruits were also called "apples" may have contributed to the confusion surrounding the name, but ultimately it seems that the popularity of the fruit that we now know as the apple helped to solidify the name.