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rogare
Latin · ancient
"to ask"
to ask, combined with ad- (to)
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Stage 2 of 4
arrogare
Latin · ancient
"to claim for oneself"
to claim for oneself, from ad- (to) and rogare (to ask)
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arrogans
Latin · ancient
"claiming too much for oneself"
claiming too much for oneself, present participle of arrogare
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arrogant
English · 1300s
"having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance"
settled as the English word for having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance
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