Where does “strawberry” come from?
Strawberry comes from Old English strēawberiġe, a compound of strēaw and beriġe whose original sense remains uncertain.
strawberry (English): The sweet, usually red, edible fruit of certain...
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- The sweet, usually red, edible fruit of certain...
Ancestry of “strawberry”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | strawbery | A strawberry |
| 2 | Old English | strēawberġe | — |
| 3 | Old English | strēaw | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | strau | straw |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | strawą | straw |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
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