English
fruitfly
From fruit + fly.
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-Indo-European *plew- ‘to fly, flow, run’
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Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ ‘flying insect, fly’
Proto-West Germanic *fleugā ‘fly’
Old English flēge ‘a fly’
Middle English fflye
English fly
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fruitfly