Where does “グレープフルーツ” come from?
グレープフルーツ (Japanese) comes from English grapefruit, 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.
グレープフルーツ (Japanese): grapefruit
Ancestry of “グレープフルーツ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | grapefruit | The tree of the species "Citrus paradisi", a... |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |