Etymology

fruity

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Today it means: Containing fruit or fruit flavoring. Full definition →

English fruit ← Middle English fruyt ← Old French fruit
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewHg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰruHgyéti
  3. Proto-Italic*frūgjōr
  4. Proto-Italic*frūjōr
  5. Latinfruor
  6. Latinfrūctus
  7. Old Frenchfruit
  8. Middle Englishfruyt
  9. Englishfruit
  10. English todayfruity

From fruit + -y.

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