froita

Galician

Froita

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese fruita (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin fructa, from Latin fructus. Cognate with Portuguese fruta and Spanish fruta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾojta̝/

Noun

froita f (plural froitas)

1. a piece of fruit
2. (uncountable) fruit
   • 1270, M. Romaní Martinez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310):

     dar cada ano I quarteiro de froyta seca, meas castanas et meas nozes

     to give each year a quarter of dry fruit [nuts], half of chestnuts and half of walnuts

   • 1292, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Dominguez (eds.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galicia, page 439:

     da froita de Ledime [...] dian dela quarta parte salvo prepigos e cereijas

     of the fruit of Ledime [...] they should give a fourth, except peaches and cherries

Derived terms

• froita seca
• froiteiro
• froitaría

Related terms

• froito

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “froyta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “froita”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN