Proto-Indo-European

*bʰrewHg-

‘to make use of’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewHg-.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewHg-, most familiar first.

• fruit ← fruyt ← frūctus ← fruor ← *frūjōr
• fruition ← fruitiō ← fruor ← *frūjōr ← *frūgjōr
• fructose ← fructus ← fruor ← *frūjōr ← *frūgjōr
• fructuous ← fructuōsus ← frūctus ← fruor ← *frūjōr
• fructed ← frūctus ← fruor ← *frūjōr ← *frūgjōr
• fructescence ← fructus ← fruor ← *frūjōr ← *frūgjōr
• fructuary ← fructuarius ← frūctus ← fruor ← *frūjōr
• infructuose ← infructuosus ← fructuōsus ← frūctus ← fruor

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewHg-