proud

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 360 words | Copyright

proud having a high opinion of oneself OE.; feeling honoured; stately, grand XIII; † valiant XIV; overgrown, tumid XVI. Late OE. prūd (also prūt) — OF. prud, prod, nom. pruz, pro(u)z (mod. preux) valiant, gallant — Rom. *prōdis, f. L. prōdesse be of value, be good, f. prōd, var. of prō PRO-1 + esse be.

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