Etymology

fructive

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Today it means: fructuous; fruitful Full definition →

Middle English fructife ← Latin frūctus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfrūctus
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfructife
  3. English todayfructive

From Middle English fructife, fructyff, from Latin frūctus + -yf (modern -ive).

Words from the same roots

Latinfrūctus all →

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