Where does “arrogant” come from?
Arrogant comes from Middle English arrogaunt, from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogans, the present participle of arrogo, a compound of ad- and rogō meaning to ask or claim.
arrogant (English): Having excessive pride in oneself, often with...
Definitions
- Having excessive pride in oneself, often with...
Ancestry of “arrogant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | arrogaunt | — |
| 2 | Old French | arrogant | — |
| 3 | Latin | arrogāns | arrogating or appropriating something to oneself, claiming |
| 4 | Latin | arrogō | to claim as one's own, arrogate to oneself, assume |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |