primprintn.

Brit.

/ˈprɪmprɪnt/, U.S.

/ˈprɪmˌprɪnt/

Forms: 1500s primprinte, 1500s prymprynt, 1500s–1700s primeprint, 1500s– primprint. N. E. D. (1908) also records a form pimprint.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare earlier primp n. and later prim n.² Compare also later †print, in the same sense (1633; English regional (Northamptonshire) in later use).A connection with prim adj. is unlikely on both chronological and semantic grounds. It has been suggested that the word is a compound of prime adj. or its etymons Middle French prime or classical Latin prīmus + a second element shortened < Middle French printemps spring (see prime temps n.). The first part of this argument seems to be based on the fact that primrose n. (the first element of which probably does show Old French prime or classical Latin prīmus ) and primprint both occur in 15th- and 16th-cent. botanical literature as translations of classical Latin ligustrum ligustrum n. (see note at primrose n. on the uncertainty among medieval writers as to the plant denoted by classical Latin ligustrum ). However, there appear to be several reasons for rejecting this etymology: the proposed shortening of Middle French printemps seems very unlikely; no similar compound appears to be recorded either in French or in other Romance languages; and, whatever the confusion about the meaning of classical Latin ligustrum , the present word appears to denote only the privet, while by the 16th cent. primrose n. does not. The apparently related forms pruneprint and prune prime tree are also recorded in the 17th cent., perhaps simply showing errors for this word.

Now historical.

Privet (genus Ligustrum). Cf. prim n.², primp n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > hedge plants > privet

primpc1400

ligustre1480

privet1542

primprint1548

prim1573

ligustrum1664

English myrtle1816

wax-tree1825

Japan privet1869

swamp privet1884

primet-

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. E.i^v Ligustrum is called in greke Cypros, in englishe Prim print or Priuet, though Eliote more boldely then lernedly, defended the contrary.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 36^v The herbe which is called..prymprynt or pryuet.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes The priuet or prime print tree vsed in gardens for hedges. Also a kind of white floure.

a1612 W. Fowler Wks. (1914) I. 122 All these humane worldlie workis, that Primprint may be cald, Ar pittis of blind obliuioun whare darklye men ar thrauld.

1674–5 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 642 Two thousand two hundred of Quicksetts and Prim-print.

1708 tr. J. P. de Tournefort Materia Medica xiv. 365 This tree..rises to the height of Prime-Print or Shrub-Trifoil, bearing a few Leaves like those of Rue.

1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal 166 The fruit grows..on a shrub tree..whose thin supple branches are furnished with oval leaves..pretty much like those of the privet or prime print.

1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 934/1 The common privet, print, or prim-print..is a hardy shrub, growing from 6 to 8 feet in height.

1875 Amer. Cycl. XIV. 18/2 Privet (also called in England prim and primprint), a name formerly given to the primrose.

1956 Isis 47 75/2 [Referring to an 11th-cent. Spanish-Arabic text.] Ibn al-Baṣṣāl begins with the true fundamentals:... X. Cultivation of herbs, grains and legumes. Chick-peas, beans, rice, kidney-beans,..privet (primprint), thistle.

2003 Spectator (Nexis) 30 Aug. 19 The plant that Pliny called ligustrum and we call privet or prim-print (as William Turner did in his Names of Herbs, 1548) is prim.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	primprint
释义	primprintn. Brit. /ˈprɪmprɪnt/, U.S. /ˈprɪmˌprɪnt/ Forms: 1500s primprinte, 1500s prymprynt, 1500s–1700s primeprint, 1500s– primprint. N. E. D. (1908) also records a form pimprint. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare earlier primp n. and later prim n.² Compare also later †print, in the same sense (1633; English regional (Northamptonshire) in later use).A connection with prim adj. is unlikely on both chronological and semantic grounds. It has been suggested that the word is a compound of prime adj. or its etymons Middle French prime or classical Latin prīmus + a second element shortened < Middle French printemps spring (see prime temps n.). The first part of this argument seems to be based on the fact that primrose n. (the first element of which probably does show Old French prime or classical Latin prīmus ) and primprint both occur in 15th- and 16th-cent. botanical literature as translations of classical Latin ligustrum ligustrum n. (see note at primrose n. on the uncertainty among medieval writers as to the plant denoted by classical Latin ligustrum ). However, there appear to be several reasons for rejecting this etymology: the proposed shortening of Middle French printemps seems very unlikely; no similar compound appears to be recorded either in French or in other Romance languages; and, whatever the confusion about the meaning of classical Latin ligustrum , the present word appears to denote only the privet, while by the 16th cent. primrose n. does not. The apparently related forms pruneprint and prune prime tree are also recorded in the 17th cent., perhaps simply showing errors for this word. Now historical. Privet (genus Ligustrum). Cf. prim n.², primp n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > hedge plants > privet primpc1400 ligustre1480 privet1542 primprint1548 prim1573 ligustrum1664 English myrtle1816 wax-tree1825 Japan privet1869 swamp privet1884 primet- 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. E.i^v Ligustrum is called in greke Cypros, in englishe Prim print or Priuet, though Eliote more boldely then lernedly, defended the contrary. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 36^v The herbe which is called..prymprynt or pryuet. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes The priuet or prime print tree vsed in gardens for hedges. Also a kind of white floure. a1612 W. Fowler Wks. (1914) I. 122 All these humane worldlie workis, that Primprint may be cald, Ar pittis of blind obliuioun whare darklye men ar thrauld. 1674–5 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 642 Two thousand two hundred of Quicksetts and Prim-print. 1708 tr. J. P. de Tournefort Materia Medica xiv. 365 This tree..rises to the height of Prime-Print or Shrub-Trifoil, bearing a few Leaves like those of Rue. 1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal 166 The fruit grows..on a shrub tree..whose thin supple branches are furnished with oval leaves..pretty much like those of the privet or prime print. 1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 934/1 The common privet, print, or prim-print..is a hardy shrub, growing from 6 to 8 feet in height. 1875 Amer. Cycl. XIV. 18/2 Privet (also called in England prim and primprint), a name formerly given to the primrose. 1956 Isis 47 75/2 [Referring to an 11th-cent. Spanish-Arabic text.] Ibn al-Baṣṣāl begins with the true fundamentals:... X. Cultivation of herbs, grains and legumes. Chick-peas, beans, rice, kidney-beans,..privet (primprint), thistle. 2003 Spectator (Nexis) 30 Aug. 19 The plant that Pliny called ligustrum and we call privet or prim-print (as William Turner did in his Names of Herbs, 1548) is prim. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548
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