Where does “fruitvlieg” come from?
fruitvlieg (Dutch) comes from Dutch fruit, from Middle Dutch fruut, from Old French fruit, from Latin frūctus, from Ancient Greek δῶρον, from Proto-Hellenic dṓron, from Proto-Indo-European déh₃rom, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.
fruitvlieg (Dutch): fruitfly, fly of the genus "Drosophila"
Definitions
- fruitfly, fly of the genus "Drosophila"
Ancestry of “fruitvlieg”, step by step