Prune
/pruːn/noun
A plum that has been dried; also, to trim away unwanted parts from a plant or object.
Did you know?Prune comes through Old French from Latin prūnum, meaning a plum, and the same Latin root also gave English the very different-looking word plum.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*preu-
“to flow, drip, or run”
Latin
Latin
prūnum
“a plum”
Old French
Old French
prune
“a plum”
Middle English
English
prune
“a plum; later, a dried plum”
Modern English
English
prune
“a dried plum; to trim or cut back”