'artocarpaceae' originates from New Latin, formed from the genus name 'Artocarpus' plus the botanical family suffix '-aceae', where 'Artocarpus' comes from Greek 'artos' meaning 'bread' and 'karpos' meaning 'fruit'.

'Artocarpus' comes from Greek 'artos' + 'karpos' (literally 'bread-fruit'); the modern family name 'Artocarpaceae' was created in botanical Latin by adding the suffix '-aceae' to the genus name.

Initially the root referred specifically to 'bread' + 'fruit' (the fruit itself), but it was extended to name the genus Artocarpus and later the wider plant family 'Artocarpaceae'.