Etymology

arriviste

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Today it means: An upstart or newcomer; nouveau riche; parvenu; an ambitious, brash or arrogant person who has yet to integrate with his or her new social group. Full definition →

French arriviste
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The story

  1. Frencharriver
  2. Frencharriviste
  3. English todayarriviste

Borrowed from French arriviste.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.