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pruna

Pronunciation: [ˈpruː.na]

“pruna” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a burning coal, live coal, glowing charcoal; embers

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze, burn”); compare Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost”). If so, cognate to Albanian prush (“embers”) and Sanskrit प्लोषति (ploṣati, “to scorch”).

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