froita
Galician
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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
Noun
froita f (plural froitas)
- a piece of fruit
- (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
- dar cada ano I quarteiro de froyta seca, meas castanas et meas nozes
- 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
- da froita de Ledime [...] dian dela quarta parte salvo prepigos e cereijas
- 1270, M. Romaní Martinez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310):
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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
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- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- Galician terms inherited from Late Latin
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