Where does “Pride” come from?
Pride comes from Old French pride, from Vulgar Latin *prīdita, meaning excessive self-esteem or arrogance.
Pride (English): A festival or other event, usually involving a march or parade and organized annually within a city, to celebrate the experiences and identities of LGBTQ people and to promote their interests and rights
Definitions
- A festival or other event, usually involving a march or parade and organized annually within a city, to celebrate the experiences and identities of LGBTQ people and to promote their interests and rights
Ancestry of “Pride”, step by step
Pride traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål pryde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | pryde | to adorn; to decorate; to grace |
| 2 | Old English | prȳde | pride |
| 3 | Old English | prūd | proud |
| 4 | Old French | prod | Alternative form of pro |
| 5 | Late Latin | prode | profitable, useful; useful; valuable |
| 6 | Latin | prosum | I am useful or of use, do good, help, benefit,... |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English gay pride
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gay pride | A feeling of pride in one's homosexuality |
via Welsh prid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | prid | costly, expensive |