prunum

Latin

Alternative forms

• *prūna f (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpruː.nũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpruː.num]

Noun

prūnum n (genitive prūnī); second declension

1. 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

• Italo-Romance:
  • Sicilian: prunu
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • ⇒ Friulian: brugnul
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Fala: abruñu, agruñu

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

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: pruna
• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: prunã
  • Megleno-Romanian: prună
  • Romanian: prună
• Emilian: próggna
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: pruna
  • Sicilian: pruna
  • Venetan: brógna, brónba
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Ladin: brugna (Fascian)
  • Romansh: prüna
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: prune
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: pruna
    • Occitan: pruna
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Spanish: pruna
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *prūnea
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: prugna
• 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.