orgoil

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *orgōllia, from Frankish *orgōllja (“pride, arrogance”).

Noun

orgoil 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: orgueîl, orgeûy (Athois)
  • Walloon: orgowe (Old Liégeois), orgou, ôrgou
  • → Middle English: orguil, orgul, orgule, orgoyl, orgoill (partially from Old English orgol)
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