Etymograph

English

outrecuidant

Outrecuidant comes from Old French outrecuidant, from Latin cogitō ‘to think’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to act, to behave’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitō‘to act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcogitōas cogitare‘to think’
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400outrecuidant
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to act, to behave’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitō‘to act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcogitōas cogitare‘to think’
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400outrecuidant
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

suggest, register, essay, gesture, acre, digest, congestion, agrarian, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, ingest, belligerent, agitate, axiomatic, agger, samaj, gerund, gestion, 127 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’

strategy, agony, reactionary, antagonist, axiom, agonist, antagonism, antagonize, glucagon, stratagem, agonize, 101 more

through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

reaction, actively, transaction, radioactive, inactive, hyperactivity, unambiguous, retroactive, reagent, ambiguously, 79 more

through Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’

act, action, active, agency, activity, actual, actor, agent, examination, examine, agenda, activate, squat, ambiguous, enact, agile, agility, assay, ambiguity, radium, actuator, cogent, actuation, inexact, actuate, exigent, redact, 96 more

through Latin agitō ‘to act, behave, do, or make persistently or…’

agitation, 10 more

Today it means

adj Presumptuous, arrogant, conceited.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / outrecuidant

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