prunum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Sicilian: prunu
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • ⇒ Friulian: brugnul
  • Ibero-Romance:

From Vulgar Latin *pruna n pl, *prūna f sg:

  • Insular Romance:
  • Balkano-Romance:
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *prūnea
  • Borrowings:
    • → Irish: prúna
    • → Proto-West Germanic: *plūmā (see there for further descendants)

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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