Morpheme
Prude
Type
free base
Denotation
excessively prim or demure
Etymology
French prude, from prudefemme, from prud’homme; Middle French preudomme; Old French prodome, preudomme, from preu; Late Latin prōde; Latin prōdest, from prōsum, from prōdesse, from prō- + esse
Evidence
prude, prudely, pruder, prudery, prudest, prudish, prudist
