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)

1. fruit
2. produce, crops
3. natural or raw food
4. offspring, child
5. result, outcome

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 8 April 2018.