fruyt

Middle English

Alternative forms

freut, fruct, fruit, frut, frute

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fruit, from Latin fructus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /friu̯t/

Noun

fruyt (uncountable)

Derived terms

fruytles

Descendants

English: fruit
- Bislama: frut
- Jamaican Creole: fruut
- Tok Pisin: frut
- → Japanese: フルーツ (furūtsu)
Scots: fruit, frute
→ Cornish: frut

References

“fruit, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.

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