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Prunty

Prunty proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Prunty (countable and uncountable, plural Pruntys)

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States.

Forms of Prunty

pluralPruntys
alternative formBrunty

Origin of Prunty

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Proinntigh (“descendant of Proinnteach”), a nickname for a generous person composed of the elements proinn (“meal; banquet”) and teach (“house”).

Words formed from Prunty

  • Pruntytown

Questions about Prunty

What does Prunty mean?
Prunty means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Prunty?
Prunty is a proper noun.

Words near Prunty in the dictionary

  1. Prunișor
  2. pruno
  3. prunt
  4. prunted
  5. prunts
  6. Prunty
  7. Pruntys
  8. prunus
  9. pruny
  10. pruriception
  11. pruriceptive

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