English
pride
Pride comes from Middle English pryde ‘arrogance, self-aggrandisement’, from Old English prūd ‘proud’, and ultimately from Old French prod.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400prod
- Old Englishc. 450–1150prūd‘proud’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150prȳde
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pryde‘arrogance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590pride
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400prod
- Old Englishc. 450–1150prūd‘proud’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150prȳde
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pryde‘arrogance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590pride
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, (please specify the book): “lofty trees yclad with summer's pride”.
Linked words
through Latin sum ‘to be’
future, present, essential, presence, absence, entity, absent, 13 more
through Latin prosum ‘to be useful or of use, do good, help,…’
improve, approve, prowess, prude, prow, 1 more
through Old English prūd ‘proud’
Another origin of pride
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500lampreda‘lamprey’
- Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600lampride
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pryde‘Petromyzon branchialis or a similar lamprey’
- Englishtodaypride
Today it means
noun A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French prod / pride