Where does “キウイフルーツ” come from?
キウイフルーツ (Japanese) comes from English kiwifruit, 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.
キウイフルーツ (Japanese): a kiwi fruit
Definitions
- a kiwi fruit
Ancestry of “キウイフルーツ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kiwifruit | A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the gold kiwifruit, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds, almost always Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa |
| 2 | English | fruit | In general, a product of plant growth useful to... |
| 3 | French | fruit | fruit |
| 4 | Middle French | fruict | fruit |
| 5 | Old French | fruit | fruit |
| 6 | Latin | frūctus | enjoyed; having derived pleasure from |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δῶρον | gift; hand's width |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | dṓron | gift |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₃rom | gift |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |