Fruit in English is spelled "fruit" and pronounced as /fru?t/ in the UK and /frut/ in the US. It refers to sweet or sour edible fruit, typically with seed coverings and is the product of a plant. Intransitive verb forms include "fruited" (past tense), "fruitful" (adjective), and "fruit" (noun). The word originates from Middle French "fruit" in the 12th century, which comes from Latin "fructus" meaning "reward," "profit," or "fruit." Synonyms include "harvest," which shares a similar etymology from Old English "harfest" meaning "autumn" or "harvest time."