orgoil

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French orgoil, from Vulgar Latin *orgollium, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀgōllju (“pride, arrogance”).

Noun

orgoil m (plural orgoils)

  1. pride

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *orgollium, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀgōllju (“pride, arrogance”).

Noun

orgoil oblique singular, m (oblique plural orgouz or orgoilz, nominative singular orgouz or orgoilz, nominative plural orgoil)

  1. pride, arrogance
  2. splendour, pomp

Descendants

  • Franc-Comtois: ourdiu
  • Middle French: orgoil, orgueil
  • Norman: ordgi (Jersiais)
  • Picard: orgueil, ordgeuil
  • Walloon: orgowe (Old Liégeois), orgou, ôrgou
  • → Middle English: orguil, orgul, orgule, orgoyl, orgoill (partially from Old English orgol)
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