prunum

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpruː.num/, [ˈpruːnʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpru.num/, [ˈpruːnum]

Noun

prūnum n (genitive prūnī); second declension

A plum fruit.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	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

Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: prunã
- Romanian: prună
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italian: prugna
- Sicilian: pruna, prunu
Old French: prune
- French: prune
- Norman: preune
- Walloon: pronne
- → Middle English: prune, pruna
  - English: prune
Old Occitan:
- Catalan: pruna
- Occitan: pruna
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: brugnul
- Romansch: prüna
Sardinian: pruna
Venetian: brógna, brónba
West Iberian
- Old Galician-Portuguese: (probably with influence from Proto-Celtic *agrinyos (“sloe”))
  - Fala: abruñu, agruñu
  - Galician: abruño
  - Portuguese: abrunho
- Spanish: bruno, pruna
→ 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.

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