English Explanatory Dictionary

Prunty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Prunty Pruntys Brunty

Etymology

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”).

Derived words

Pruntytown
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