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

• orguil, orgoill, orgoille, orgueil, orguille

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
  • French: 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)