Editing Fragaria (section)

==Etymology==
The genus name {{lang|la|{{linktext|Fragaria}}}} derives from {{lang|la|{{linktext|fragum}}}} ("[[strawberry]]") and {{lang|la|{{linktext|-aria}}}}, a suffix used to create feminine nouns and [[plant name]]s. The Latin name is thought in turn to derive from a [[Proto-Indo-European language]] root meaning "[[berry]]", either ''*dʰreh₂ǵ-'' or ''*sróh₂gs''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=De Vaan |first1=Michiel |title=Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages |date=2008 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004167971 |page=239}}</ref>

The semantic motivation behind the English name "strawberry" (from [[Old English]] ''strēawberie''<ref name=BierSaue11>{{Cite web |editor1-last=Bierbaumer |editor1-first=Peter |editor2-last=Sauer |editor2-first=Hans |editor3-last=Klug |editor3-first=Helmut W. |editor4-last=Krischke |editor4-first=Ulrike |date=2011 |title=strēaw-berie |website=Dictionary of Old English Plant Names |url=http://oldenglish-plantnames.org/lemma/full_lemma/1043-str-aw-berie?fake=578900 |access-date=2025-05-27 |name-list-style=amp }}</ref>) is unclear. Various suggestions have been put forward. One is that the name derives from the old practice of gathering strawberries by stringing them on a straw or stalk. Alternatively, "straw" may refer to the long, thin [[stolon|runners]] found on members of the genus. The term is absent from the other [[Germanic languages]], which instead use words meaning "earth berry".<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Fridell|first1=Staffan|last2=Svanberg|first2=Ingvar|date=2024|title=On the etymology of ''strawberry''|journal=Studia Neophilologica|volume=96|issue=2|pages=303–310|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00393274.2024.2329185}}</ref>