fruit
French
noun
Definitions
- fruit
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French fruict inherited from Old French fruit (fruits and vegetables, produce) inherited from Latin frūctus (enjoyment, product, fruit, profit, produce, proceeds, yield, income, effect, profits) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrug- (have enjoyment of, make use of).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰrug-
Gloss
have enjoyment of, make use of
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fructus English
- fructa Latin
- fructuosus Latin
- fructus Latin
- frūctus Latin
- fruiterie French
- fruiticulteur French
- *bʰrug- Proto-Indo-European
- frute Middle English
- fruyt Middle English
- fruit Old French
- fruut Middle Dutch
- fruht Old High German
- frit Norman
- fruict Middle French
- fruht Old Dutch
- vrucht Middle Low German
- frut Friulian
- fwi Haitian, Haitian Creole
- *fruɨθ Proto-Brythonic
- frut Walloon