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- Middle English · inherited fromfirste fruytes
- English todayfirst fruits
From Middle English firste fruytes, fyrste frutes, furste frutes (“first fruits”), equivalent to first + fruits.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The first part of a harvest; sometimes made into an offering Full definition →
From Middle English firste fruytes, fyrste frutes, furste frutes (“first fruits”), equivalent to first + fruits.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.