English
arrogant
Arrogant comes from Latin arrogāns ‘arrogating or appropriating something to…’, from rogō ‘to ask, enquire’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preḱ-‘to ask’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*prokosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocus‘wooer, suitor’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocō‘to ask, urge, demand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErogō‘to ask, enquire’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarrogō‘to claim as one's own, arrogate to oneself, assume’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarrogāns‘arrogating or appropriating something to oneself, claiming’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400arrogant
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500arrogaunt
- Englishearliest quotation 1878arrogant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preḱ-‘to ask’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*prokosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocus‘wooer, suitor’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocō‘to ask, urge, demand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErogō‘to ask, enquire’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarrogō‘to claim as one's own, arrogate to oneself, assume’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarrogāns‘arrogating or appropriating something to oneself, claiming’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400arrogant
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500arrogaunt
- Englishearliest quotation 1878arrogant
Earliest quotation: 1878, Friedrich Nietzsche: “The demand to be loved is the greatest of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- ‘to ask’
prayer, pray, precarious, postulate, deprecation, 27 more
through Latin rogō ‘to ask, enquire’
rogue, interrogation, derogatory, prerogative, derogation, 15 more
Today it means
adj Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- / arrogant