Haughtiness
/ˈhɔː.ti.nəs/noun
The quality of being arrogantly superior or disdainful.
Did you know?Haughty ultimately traces back to a root meaning “high,” and English turned that physical height into a moral warning about pride and contempt.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kegʰ-
“to rise, be high”
Old English
OE
hēah
“high, tall, elevated”
Middle English
ME
haugh
“high, lofty; proud or arrogant”
14th–15th Century
English
haughty
“arrogant, disdainfully proud”
Modern English
English
haughtiness
“the state or quality of being haughty”