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Where does “presumptuous” come from?

Presumptuous comes from Middle English presumptuous, from Old French presumptieus, from Latin praesumptuosus, formed from praesumptum with the suffix -osus meaning full of or characterized by.

presumptuous (English): Going beyond what is right, proper, or...

Definitions

  1. Going beyond what is right, proper, or...

Ancestry of “presumptuous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpresumptuous—
2Old Frenchpresumptieus—
3Latinpraesumptuōsus—
4Latinpraesumptiō—
5Latinpraesumptumnominative neuter singular of praesūmptus;...
6LatinpraesumoI presume, "in its separate senses:"
7Latinprae-before; in front; in charge
8Proto-Italicprai-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpreh₂-before, in front
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “presumptuous”

  • presumptuously
  • presumptuousness
  • unpresumptuous
  • unpresumptuously
  • unpresumptuousness
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