English
fastuous
Fastuous comes from Latin fastus ‘haughtiness, pride’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfastus‘haughtiness, pride’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfastuōsus
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1678fastuous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfastus‘haughtiness, pride’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfastuōsus
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1678fastuous
Earliest quotation: a. 1678, Isaac Barrow, (please specify the chapter name or sermon number): “fastuous contempt of others”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- ‘tip’
far, beard, brush, prod, braid, bristle, borscht, farro, 15 more
through Latin fastus ‘haughtiness, pride’
Today it means
adj proud; haughty; disdainful
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fastus / fastuous