durian

noun

huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'

tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind

Roots

duriduri- · Malay · thorn, spike an-an · Malay · having (the quality of)

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Where does durian come from?

The word durian breaks down into 2 roots of Malay origin: duri, from Malay duri (“thorn, spike”); and -an, from Malay an (“having (the quality of)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.