English
rogue
Rogue may come from English roger ‘a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor…’.
- English1500–presentroger‘a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599rogue
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- English1500–presentroger‘a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599rogue
Earliest quotation: c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.: “Ah, you sweet little rogue, you!”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to stretch out’
right, real, director, source, region, rule, direction, address, direct, rich, correct, dress, regular, royal, rank, regime, arrangement, radar, arrange, rack, ana, rex, roy, resurrection, regulate, raj, erect, regent, rake, rector, regal, regency, insurrection, rectify, anorexia, rani, rectum, rajah, rhesus, rectification, 105 more
through Latin rogō ‘to ask’
arrogant, interrogation, arrogance, derogatory, prerogative, derogation, 14 more
Today it means
noun A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English roger / rogue