Where does “prunelă” come from?

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

prunelă (Romanian): pupil; eye

Definitions

  1. pupil; eye

Ancestry of “prunelă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprunellesloe; sloe gin; pupil; eye
2Frenchpruneplum; ticket
3Old Frenchpruneplum
4Vulgar LatinprunaA burning coal, live coal, glowing charcoal
5Latinprūnumplum
6Ancient Greekπροῦνον
7Ancient GreekπροῦμνονA plum fruit
Every word from Ancient Greek προῦμνονEvery word from Ancient Greek προῦνονEvery word from Latin prūnum