Masculine
fruto
Meaning
- (masculine) fruit
- (figuratively, masculine) fruit; result; reward
- (masculine) offspring (daughters and sons)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɾu.tu/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fruito, from Latin frūctus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”), a derivative of Latin fruor (“to enjoy”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to make use of, to have enjoyment of”). Compare Galician froito.
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