Etymology

superfruit

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Today it means: A superfood that is a fruit; any fruit supposed to confer remarkable health benefits. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Latinfrūctus
  8. Old Frenchfruit
  9. Middle Englishfruyt
  10. Englishfruit
  11. English todaysuperfruit

From super- + fruit.

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