Etymology of the English word passionfruit
the English word
passionfruitderived from the English word
fruitderived from the Old French word
fruitderived from the Latin word
fructus (produce, crops; fruit)
derived from the Latin word
frui (enjoy)
derived from the English word
passionderived from the Old French word
passionderived from the Latin word
passio (suffering; passion)
derived from the Late Latin word
passus (spread out; outstretched; dried; step, pace)
derived from the Latin word
pati (suffer; allow; undergo)
derived from the Latin word
pandere (spread out [passis manibus => with hands outstretched])
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
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Word found in Modern English