prunum

Latin

Alternative forms

• *prūna f (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpruː.num/, [ˈpruːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpru.num/, [ˈpruːnum]

Noun

prūnum n (genitive prūnī); second declension

1. A plum fruit.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	prūnum	prūna
genitive	prūnī	prūnōrum
dative	prūnō	prūnīs
accusative	prūnum	prūna
ablative	prūnō	prūnīs
vocative	prūnum	prūna

Related terms

• prūnniceus
• prūnus

Descendants

• Fala: abruñu, agruñu
• Sicilian: prunu
• ⇒ Friulian: brugnul
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pruna n pl, *prūna f sg
  • Eastern Romance
    • Aromanian: prunã
    • Megleno-Romanian: prună
    • Romanian: prună
  • Italo-Dalmatian
    • Sicilian: pruna
  • Old French: prune
    • French: prune
    • Norman: preune
    • Walloon: pronne
    • → Middle English: prune, pruna
      • English: prune
  • Old Occitan:
    • Catalan: pruna
    • Occitan: pruna
  • Rhaeto-Romance
    • Romansch: prüna
  • Sardinian: pruna
  • Venetan: brógna, brónba
  • Spanish: pruna
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *prunea
    • Italian: prugna
• → Proto-West Germanic: *plūmā (see there for further descendants)
• → Irish: prúna

References

• “prunum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prunum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prunum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.