prune
English
/pɹuːn/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A plum.
- The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
- (slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English prune derived from Old French prune derived from Latin *prūna, prūnum (plum) derived from Ancient Greek προῦνον.
Origin
Ancient Greek
προῦνον
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- overprune English
- prunable English
- pruner English
- pruney English
- pruny English
- reprune English
- *prunea Latin
- *prūna Latin
- prūnum Latin
- prugna Italian
- prune French
- pruneau French
- prunier French
- προῦμνον Ancient Greek
- προῦνον Ancient Greek
- プルーン Japanese
- prune Middle English
- prúna Irish
- prune Old French
- pruno Esperanto
- pruna Catalan, Valencian
- prună Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pfruma Old High German
- pruno Ido
- preune Norman
- *plūmā gmw-pro
- prunã Aromanian
- prüna Romansh