/ fruˈɪʃn; NAmE / noun
[ U ] ( formal ) the successful result of a plan, a process or an activity :
After months of hard work, our plans finally came to fruition .
His extravagant ideas were never brought to fruition .
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense enjoyment ): via Old French from late Latin fruitio(n-) , from frui enjoy, related to fruges fruits of the earth, plural (and most common form) of frux , frug- fruit; the current senses (dating from the late 19th cent.) arose by association with fruit .