Fruity
/ˈfruːti/noun
Having the taste or smell of fruit, or suggestive of fruit in flavor or aroma.
Did you know?Fruity ultimately comes from the same Latin root that gave English fruit, and that root was tied to the idea of enjoying or using what something produces, not just the food itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰrew-
“to boil, bubble, brew”
Latin
Latin
fruī
“to enjoy, use, have the benefit of”
Latin
Latin
frūctus
“enjoyment, produce, yield, fruit”
Old French
Old French
fruit
“fruit; produce, yield”
Middle English
English
fruyte
“fruit”
Modern English
English
fruity
“having the taste or smell of fruit; characteristically like fruit”