I don't understand why pitted olives are called pitted olives. Wouldn't they more accurately be called unpitted or depitted olives? If there is no longer a pit, because you removed it, it should not be labeled "pitted!"
@Thoreau i think it’s similar to "gutted", and there are probably others, I’m no native English speaker, but i think the idea is that something happened to the pit.
@tshirtman I did some research, and apparently, I am looking at that word all wrong. It comes from a Latin-German-Old English route and refers to something having holes or dents in it. I.e. "Look down into the pit for gold." "His face was pitted with acne."
The fact the stone or seed of the olive is called a pit is an after-added meaning. Just enough to confuse me.
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