Etymology

Fructidor

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Today it means: The twelfth and final month of the French Republican Calendar, from August 18 or 19 to September 16 or 17. Full definition →

French fructidor ← Latin fructus ← Ancient Greek δῶρον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδῶρον“gift”
  2. Latin · derived fromfructus“fruit”
  3. French · borrowed fromfructidor
  4. English todayFructidor

Borrowed from French fructidor, from Latin fructus (“fruit”) + Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).

Words from the same roots

Latinfructus all →

fructusfructedfructescencefructi-fructivefructo-

Ancient Greekδῶρον all →

doromaniaFervidorMessidor

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.