Today I learned (thanks to Build Soil) that the word frugal derives from the same root as the word fruit, which didn't surprise me that much.
What I did find a bit more amusing was that the fruit-related word at the common root was not a noun but a verb (meaning to fruit, to produce), deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhrug-.
Build Soil was, of course, citing the handy website etymonline, which says *bhrug meant "to enjoy" and "had derivatives referring to agricultural products."
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