fructify
English
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas.
- (transitive) To make productive or fruitful.
- (transitive) To be satisfied sexually.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fructefier root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (enjoy, make use of, have enjoyment of, use, fruit).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰruHg-
Gloss
enjoy, make use of, have enjoyment of, use, fruit
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
果, 実
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fructescence English
- fructifier English
- fructose English
- fructa Latin
- fructifer Latin
- fructus Latin
- frugalis Latin
- fruor Latin
- frux Latin
- frū̆ctus Latin
- frutto Italian
- fructose Dutch, Flemish
- fructidor French
- fructifier French
- фрукт Russian
- fructificar Spanish, Castilian
- fruto Spanish, Castilian
- δῶρον Ancient Greek
- φάρυγξ Ancient Greek
- *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰruHg- Proto-Indo-European
- fruto Portuguese
- *brūkaną Proto-Germanic
- frukt Polish
- फल Sanskrit
- fruktose Danish
- fructefier Old French
- fruit Old French
- frukto Esperanto
- fruit Catalan, Valencian
- froito Galician
- fruct Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- frupt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fruht Old High German
- fryt Albanian
- פֿרוכט Yiddish
- *gibrūkan Old Dutch
- fruht Old Saxon
- fructu Aromanian
- fretg Romansh
- fritg Romansh
- früt Romansh
- frutu Asturian
- frucht Western Frisian
- frooth Cornish
- fruot Dalmatian
- *fruɨθ Proto-Brythonic
- frùtto Neapolitan
- fruito Aragonese
- फल sa-ved