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Where does “passion fruit” come from?

passion fruit (English) comes from English Passion, from Luxembourgish Passioun, from Old English passion — passion of Christ.

passion fruit (English): A plant, passiflora, that produces an edible...

Definitions

  1. A plant, passiflora, that produces an edible...

Ancestry of “passion fruit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPassion—
2LuxembourgishPassiounpassion
3Old Englishpassionpassion of Christ

Words derived from “passion fruit”

  • passionfruit
  • Passion Pop
  • passion pop
  • パッションフルーツ
  • 패션프루츠
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