Where does “arrogantness” come from?
arrogantness (English) comes from English arrogant, from Middle English arrogaunt, from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, from Latin arrogō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
arrogantness (English): arrogance
Definitions
- arrogance
Ancestry of “arrogantness”, step by step
arrogantness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English arrogant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | arrogant | Having excessive pride in oneself, often with... |
| 2 | Middle English | arrogaunt | — |
| 3 | Old French | arrogant | — |
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |