English
fructification
From fructi- + -fication.
A compound of fructi- + -fication
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewHg- ‘to make use of’
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Proto-Italic *frūgjōr
Proto-Italic *frūjōr ‘to engage in’
Latin fruor ‘to engage (in)’
Latin frūctus ‘fruit’
English fructi-
Today it means
noun The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fructification