Etymology

fruitlike

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Today it means: Resembling fruit. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English fruit
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The story

  1. Latinfrūctus
  2. Old Frenchfruit
  3. Middle Englishfruyt
  4. Englishfruit
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. English todayfruitlike

From fruit + -like.

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