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Where does “kapsones” come from?

kapsones (Dutch) comes from Yiddish גאַותנות, from Hebrew גאוותנות.

kapsones (Dutch): hubris

Definitions

  1. hubris

Ancestry of “kapsones”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishגאַותנותarrogance
2Hebrewגאוותנות—
Every word from Hebrew גאוותנות →