English
insolent
Insolent comes from Latin īnsolēns ‘unaccustomed, unwanted, unusual, immoderate,…’, and goes back to solēre ‘to be accustomed, to be wont’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolēre‘to be accustomed, to be wont’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsolēns‘unaccustomed, unwanted, unusual, immoderate, excessive, arrogant, insolent’
- Englishearliest quotation 1748insolent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolēre‘to be accustomed, to be wont’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsolēns‘unaccustomed, unwanted, unusual, immoderate, excessive, arrogant, insolent’
- Englishearliest quotation 1748insolent
Earliest quotation: 1748, Samuel Richardson, Letter LXXVIII: “What a way do you put yourself in miss!…”
Every English word from Latin solēre
Today it means
adj Insulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin solēre / insolent