prud

From Old Norse prúðr, probably borrowed via Old English prūd (cf. English proud) from Old French prod, prod (cf. French preux, prud’homme), cognate with Italian prode (“brave”), Catalan prou (“enough”). The Romance adjectives derive from Late Latin prōde (“valuable”), a backformation from the verb Latin prōdesse (“to be useful”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰʁ̥uˀð], [ˈpʰʁ̥uðˀ]
• Rhymes: -uːˀð

prud (neuter prud or prudt, definite and plural prude)

1. (archaic, poetic) magnificent, noble

• prūt

From Old French prod, possibly from Late Latin prōde, from Latin prosum. Akin to Old Norse prúðr (“stately, fine”). More at English proud.

• IPA^(key): /pruːd/

prūd

1. proud

• prūtlīċe

• prȳde

• Middle English: proud, prud, prude, proude
  • English: proud
  • Scots: pruid, proud
  • Yola: proud
  • →? Middle Irish: bród
    • Irish: bród
    • Scottish Gaelic: bròd

Borrowed from French prude.

prud m or n (feminine singular prudă, masculine plural pruzi, feminine and neuter plural prude)

1. prudish