Etymology

arrogance

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Today it means: The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another. Full definition →

Middle English arrogaunce ← Middle French arrogance ← Latin arrogantia
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  1. Latin · derived fromarrogantia
  2. Middle French · derived fromarrogance
  3. Middle English · inherited fromarrogaunce
  4. English todayarrogance

From Middle English arrogaunce, from Middle French arrogance, from Latin arrogantia.

Words from the same roots

Latinarrogantia all →

arrogancy

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.