The definition of proud is having self-pride, being arrogant, or feeling great joy and honor.
(adjective)See proud in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
Origin: ME < OE prud < OFr < LL prode, beneficial, back-form. < L prodesse, to be useful < prod-, var. of pro-, pro- + esse, to be: for IE base see is
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adjective proud·er, proud·est
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English prūd
Origin: , from Old French prou, prud, brave, virtuous
Origin: , oblique case of prouz
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *prōdis
Origin: , from Late Latin prōde, advantageous
Origin: , from Latin prōdesse, to be good
Origin: : prōd-, for (variant of prō-, with d on the model of red-, prevocalic variant of re-, back, again; see pro-1)
Origin: + esse, to be; see es- in Indo-European roots
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