Prunoid
/ˈpruːnɔɪd/noun
Resembling a plum or a member of the genus Prunus.
Did you know?The root behind prunoid connects plums, cherries, peaches, apricots, and almonds through the botanical genus Prunus, whose name comes from an ancient word for plum.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European / Pre-Greek
Unknown / Greek substrate
*prūm- or related form
“A proposed ancient source associated with the plum; the deeper origin is uncertain.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
προῦμνον (proûmnon)
“Plum; an ancient name for the fruit.”
Classical Latin
Latin
prūnum
“Plum; the fruit from which later European forms developed.”
Old French
Old French
prune
“Plum, derived from Latin prūnum.”
Modern botanical Latin
Latin
Prunus
“The scientific genus containing plums, cherries, peaches, apricots, and almonds.”
19th–20th Century
English
prunoid
“Plum-like or resembling a member of Prunus, formed with Greek-derived -oid, meaning “resembling.””