Arrogate
/ˈær.ə.ɡeɪt/noun
To claim or seize something without right.
Did you know?Arrogate comes from Latin *arrogare*, which literally meant “to claim for oneself,” and in Roman legal language it could even describe adopting someone into your family by formally taking them under your authority.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
arrogāre
“to claim for oneself; to adopt by formal act”
Late Latin
Latin
arrogātus
“claimed, appropriated”
Old French
Old French
arroguer
“to claim, assume”
16th Century
English
arrogate
“to claim or take without justification”
Modern English
English
arrogate
“to claim or seize something without right”
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