Etymograph

English

fruitflesh

From fruit + flesh.

A compound of fruit + flesh

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

Proto-Germanic *flaiski ‘meat, flesh’

Proto-West Germanic *flaiski ‘meat, flesh’

Old English flǣsċ

Middle English flesh

English flesh

Today it means

noun The fleshy part of a fruit (as opposed to the juice or the kernel/seed); pulp.

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

Etymograph / fruitflesh