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Where does “unfruited” come from?

unfruited (English) comes from English fruited, from English fruit, from French fruit, from Middle French fruict, from Old French fruit, from Latin frūctus, from Ancient Greek δῶρον, from Proto-Hellenic dṓron — to give.

unfruited (English): Devoid of fruit

Definitions

  1. Devoid of fruit

Ancestry of “unfruited”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfruitedsimple past tense and past participle of fruit;...
2EnglishfruitIn general, a product of plant growth useful to...
3Frenchfruitfruit
4Middle Frenchfruictfruit
5Old Frenchfruitfruit
6Latinfrūctus—
7Ancient Greekδῶρονgift; hand's width
8Proto-Hellenicdṓrongift
9Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₃romgift
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →