English

fruiteater

From fruit + eater.

A compound of fruit + eater

Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewHg- ‘to make use of’

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Latin fruor ‘to enjoy’

Latin frūctus

Old French fruit ‘produce’

Middle English fruyt ‘fruits and vegetables’

English fruit

Old English etere

Middle English eter

English eater

Today it means

noun Any of the Pipreola genus of thickset birds, or Ampelioides tschudii; they live in humid areas of South America.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fruiteater