Where does “sprucery” come from?

sprucery (English) comes from English Spruce, from Middle English Spruce, from Middle English Pruce, from Latin Prussia, from Middle High German Prūzin.

sprucery (English): The property of being spruce, of being neat and elegant

Definitions

  1. The property of being spruce, of being neat and elegant

Ancestry of “sprucery”, step by step

sprucery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Spruce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSprucePrussia
2Middle EnglishSpruce—
3Middle EnglishPrucePrussia
4LatinPrussia—
5Middle High GermanPrūzin—

via English ery

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishery—
Every word from Middle High German Prūzin →Every word from Latin Prussia →Every word from Middle English Pruce →