Where does “prune” come from?

prune (Middle English) comes from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin pruna, from Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον — A plum fruit.

prune (Middle English): A plum; A prune; A large, rounded boil

Definitions

  1. A plum; A prune; A large, rounded boil

Ancestry of “prune”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpruneplum
2Vulgar LatinprunaA burning coal, live coal, glowing charcoal
3Latinprūnumplum
4Ancient Greekπροῦνον—
5Ancient GreekπροῦμνονA plum fruit

Words derived from “prune”

Every word from Ancient Greek προῦμνον →Every word from Ancient Greek προῦνον →Every word from Latin prūnum →