Etymograph

English

fruition

Fruition comes from Latin fruitiō ‘enjoyment’, from Proto-Italic *frūjōr ‘to engage in’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewHg- ‘to make use of’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrewHg-1‘to make use of’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰruHgyéti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*frūgjōr1reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*frūjōr1‘to engage in’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfruor1‘to enjoy’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfruitiō2‘enjoyment’
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588fruition2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin fruitio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English fruition
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1587–1588, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […]: “[…] to weare our ſelues & neuer reſt, Untill…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrewHg-Wiktionary, Latin fruitio‘to make use of’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰruHgyétiWiktionary, Latin fruitioreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*frūgjōrWiktionary, Latin fruitioreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*frūjōrWiktionary, Latin fruitio‘to engage in’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfruorWiktionary, Latin fruitio‘to enjoy’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfruitiōWiktionary, English fruition‘enjoyment’
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588fruitionWiktionary, English fruition. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1587–1588, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […]: “[…] to weare our ſelues & neuer reſt, Untill…”

Equivalent to fruit + -ion

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

Linked words

through Latin fruor ‘to enjoy’

fructose, 6 more

Today it means

noun The fulfillment of something worked for.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewHg- / fruition

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