Where does “arrogance” come from?
Arrogance comes from Middle English arrogaunce, from Middle French arrogance, from Latin arrogantia, the noun form of arrogans, the present participle of arrogo, composed of Latin ad- and ád from Proto-Indo-European ád.
arrogance (English): The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or...
Definitions
- The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or...
Ancestry of “arrogance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | arrogaunce | — |
| 2 | Middle French | arrogance | — |
| 3 | Latin | arrogantia | An assuming, presumption; arrogance,... |
| 4 | Latin | arrogāns | arrogating or appropriating something to oneself, claiming |
| 5 | Latin | arrogō | to claim as one's own, arrogate to oneself, assume |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |