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Where does “pride” come from?

Pride comes from Middle English pride, from Old English prȳde, from Old English prūd meaning bold or fierce.

pride (English): The quality or state of being proud; an...

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being proud; an...

Ancestry of “pride”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpride—
2Old Englishprȳde—
3Old Englishprūdproud
4Old FrenchprodAlternative form of pro
5Late Latinprodeprofitable, useful; useful; valuable
6LatinprosumI am useful or of use, do good, help, benefit,...
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “pride”

  • prideful
  • priding
  • pridefully
  • pridefulness
  • prideless
  • pridelessness
  • housepride
  • prideworthy
  • unpride
  • unprideful
  • pridingly
  • pridesome
  • self-pride
  • pridewear
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