Wordwyrt

fructify

Meaningto make fruitful

Common meaning: bear fruit or become productive

Journey through time

  1. Latinfructificare‘to make fruitful’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsto make fruitful → to fructifiefructifier‘to fructifie’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto fructifie → bear fruit or become productivefructify‘bear fruit or become productive’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin fructificare ‘to make fruitful’.

Roots

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