plum
English
/plʌm/
noun
Definitions
- The fruit and its tree.
- Extended senses.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English plomme inherited from Old English plūme (plum) inherited from *plūmā borrowed from Latin prūnum (plum).
Origin
Latin
prūnum
Gloss
plum
Kanji
梅
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cake English
- dove English
- doveplum English
- pigeon English
- pigeonplum English
- plum tree English
- plumcake English
- plumless English
- plumlike English
- plummily English
- plumminess English
- plummy English
- tree English
- *prūna Latin
- prūnum Latin
- προῦμνον Ancient Greek
- προῦνον Ancient Greek
- eggeplomme Norwegian Nynorsk
- kakiplomme Norwegian Nynorsk
- plomme Norwegian Nynorsk
- plume Old English
- plumtreow Old English
- plūme Old English
- plomme Middle English
- plumtre Middle English
- plóma Old Norse
- blomme Danish
- พลัม Thai
- pflūma Old High German
- pfruma Old High German
- pfrūma Old High German
- pfrūme Middle High German
- *plūmā gmw-pro
- *prūma Old Dutch
- 布冧 Chinese
- 布林 Chinese
- plūme Middle Low German
- frauma Cimbrian
- fraumpóom Cimbrian
- plamu Swahili
- plumon Old Swedish
- པ་ལམ Tibetan
- ཤིང་ཏོག Tibetan
- ཤིང་ཏོག་པ་ལམ Tibetan
- blomæ Old Danish