English

self-deceit

From self- + deceit.

A compound of self- + deceit

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Latin decipio ‘to cheat, mislead’

Old French decevoir ‘to deceive’

Old French deceite

Middle English deceyte ‘Deceitfulness’

Today it means

noun Synonym of self-deception.

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

Etymograph / self-deceit