Prune Definition
(slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
Origin of Prune
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Middle English prouinen from Old French proignier perhaps from Vulgar Latin prōretundiāre Latin prō- in front pro–1 Latin rotundus round (from rota wheel ret- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French proignier (“to trim the feathers with the beak"), earlier prooignier, ultimately from Latin pro- ("front") + rotundus (“round") 'to round-off the front'.
From Wiktionary
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From Old French prune, from Latin prÅ«num, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (prounon), variant of προῦμνον (proumnon, “plum"), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French from Vulgar Latin prūna from Latin prūnum plum
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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