Prude

Morpheme

Prude

Type

bound base

Denotation

foreseeing, cautious, acting with foresight

Etymology

Middle English prud-; Old French prud-; Latin prūd-, from prōvid-, from prōvidēre, from prō- + vidēre

Evidence

antiprudential, demosprudence, imprudence, imprudency, imprudent, imprudentness, imprudentness, jurisprude, jurisprudence, jurisprudent, jurisprudentialist, jurisprudentially, jurisprudist, macroprudence, macroprudential, microprudence, microprudential, prudence, prudency, prudent, prudential, prudently, unprudence, unprudential

Notes

prudent and provident are doublets

Homographs

Prude