Etymology

egotistical

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Today it means: Tending to talk excessively about oneself. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English egotistic
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The story

  1. Englishegotist
  2. Englishegotistic
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  5. English todayegotistical

From egotistic + -al.

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