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 genus name is sometimes [[folk etymology|mistakenly derived]] from {{lang|la|{{linktext|fragro}}}} ("to be fragrant, to reek").{{cn|date=January 2024}}

The English word is found in [[Old English language|Old English]] as ''streawberige''.<ref>''Ðeós wyrt ðe man fraga and óðrum naman streáwbergean nemneþ'': Anglo-Saxon Leechdom</ref> It is commonly thought that strawberries get their name from straw being used as a [[mulch]] in cultivating the plants, though it has been suggested that the word is possibly derived from "strewn berry" in reference to the runners that "strew" or "stray away" from the base of the plants. ''Streaw'' in Old English means 'straw', but also ''streawian'' means 'to strew', from the same root.<ref>[https://bosworthtoller.com/29134 Bosworth and Toller]: [[An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary]]</ref> David Mikkelson argues that "the word 'strawberry' has been part of the English language for at least a thousand years, well before strawberries were cultivated as garden or farm edibles."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/language/notthink/strawberry.asp |title=Etymology of Strawberry |website=Snopes.com |date=5 October 2003 |access-date=2013-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{aut|Darrow, G.M.}} (1966). [http://www.nal.usda.gov/pgdic/Strawberry/darpubs.htm ''The Strawberry: History, Breeding and Physiology''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826020754/http://www.nal.usda.gov/pgdic/Strawberry/darpubs.htm |date=2013-08-26 }} 3. Early History of the Strawberry: 16</ref>