| 1 | English | prudent | Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect... |
| 2 | French | prudent | prudent, careful, cautious |
| 3 | Italian | prudente | prudent, careful, cautious; present participle of... |
| 4 | Spanish | prudente | prudent, wise, judicious, discreet, well-advised |
| 5 | Portuguese | prudente | Prone to watch and guard against deception and... |
| 6 | Latin | prūdēns | — |
| 7 | Latin | prōvidēns | — |
| 8 | Latin | prōvideō | — |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |