eli5 Why are pickled cucumbers “Pickles” and other pickled things are “Pickled X”?

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Were cucumbers the first vegetable to ever be pickled? Wondering how they got the distinction

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Because you’re in America. In Japan, pickles are pickled ginger.

Source: I was stationed in Yokosuka for three years.

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