Where does “jactancy” come from?

jactancy (English) comes from Latin jactantia, from Latin jactans, from Latin jactare, from Latin jacēre.

jactancy (English): boasting; bragging

Definitions

  1. boasting; bragging

Ancestry of “jactancy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinjactantiaAlternative form of iactantia; nominative neuter...
2LatinjactansAlternative form of iactans
3Latinjactarepresent active infinitive of jactō; second-person...
4Latinjacēre—
Every word from Latin jacēre →Every word from Latin jactare →Every word from Latin jactans →