Where does “pride parade” come from?
pride parade (English) comes from English Pride, from Norwegian Bokmål pryde, from Old English prȳde, from Old English prūd, from Old French prod, from Late Latin prode, from Latin prosum, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
pride parade (English): An annual parade, held in communities in many parts of the world, celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex pride and culture and the acceptance of people belonging to sexual minorities
Definitions
- An annual parade, held in communities in many parts of the world, celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex pride and culture and the acceptance of people belonging to sexual minorities
Ancestry of “pride parade”, step by step
pride parade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Pride
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pride | 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 |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | pryde | to adorn; to decorate; to grace |
| 3 | Old English | prȳde | pride |
| 4 | Old English | prūd | proud |
| 5 | Old French | prod | Alternative form of pro |
| 6 | Late Latin | prode | profitable, useful; useful; valuable |
| 7 | Latin | prosum | I am useful or of use, do good, help, benefit,... |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English parade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parade | An organized procession consisting of a series of... |
| 2 | French | parade | first/third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Middle French | parade | — |
| 4 | Spanish | parada | feminine singular of parado; stop; station |
| 5 | Spanish | parar | to stop, halt; to put up, stand up; to lift,... |
| 6 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 8 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 11 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |