Pruce

See also: pruce and pruće

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Prus, Pruse, Pruys, Pruyse, Pruyss, Pruysse, sprewse, Spruce

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French Prusse or its etymon Middle Low German Prǖssen, Prǖsen, from a Baltic (Old Prussian, or perhaps Lithuanian or Latvian) autonym. For more, see Prussia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpriu̯s(ə)/, /ˈspriu̯s(ə)/

Proper noun

Pruce

1. (chiefly historical) Prussia (a geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe)
3. Prussia, State of the Teutonic Order (a medieval theocracy in Northeast Europe, located along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea)

Descendants

• English: Pruce (obsolete); pruce, spruce

References

• “Prū̆s(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “Sprūce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.