English
hubris
Hubris comes from Ancient Greek ὕβρις ‘insolence, sexual outrage’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὕβριςhúbris‘insolence, sexual outrage’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997hubris
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὕβριςhúbris‘insolence, sexual outrage’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997hubris
Earliest quotation: 1997, John M. Connor, The Global Lysine Price-Fixing Conspiracy of 1992-1995: “Antitrust prosecutors target big companies that exude hubris.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *úd ‘outward, up’
about, out, utter, outward, uterus, awaken, amaze, uterine, aghast, hysteresis, 8 more
Today it means
noun Excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally (Greek mythology) toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὕβρις / hubris