English
haughtily
From haughty + -ly.
A compound of haughty + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’
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Latin altus ‘high, tall’
Old French haut ‘high (elevated)’
Middle English haute ‘self-important’
Middle English hautein
English haughty
Today it means
adv In a haughty manner; with excessive or unwarranted pride.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / haughtily