Where does “legprűdebb” come from?
legprűdebb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian prűdebb, from Hungarian prűd, from French prude, from Old French prude, from Old French prou, from Vulgar Latin prode, from Latin prosum, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
Ancestry of “legprűdebb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | prűdebb | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | prűd | prudish |
| 3 | French | prude | prude |
| 4 | Old French | prude | feminine singular of pruz |
| 5 | Old French | prou | profit |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | prode | useful; profitable, useful; second-person... |
| 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 |