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Where does “orgoil” come from?

orgoil (Bourguignon) comes from Old French orgoil, from Vulgar Latin *orgollium, from Proto-West Germanic uʀgōllju, from Proto-Germanic uzgōljō, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

orgoil (Bourguignon): pride

Definitions

  1. pride

Ancestry of “orgoil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchorgoilpride, arrogance; splendour, pomp
2Vulgar Latin*orgollium—
3Proto-West Germanicuʀgōlljupride, arrogance
4Proto-Germanicuzgōljōpride
5Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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