From Latin 'arrogāre' (to claim for oneself), literally 'asking toward oneself' — kin to 'interrogate,' 'prerogative,' and 'abrogate.'
Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.
From Old French 'arrogance' and directly from Latin 'arrogantia' (presumption, pride, haughtiness), from 'arrogāns,' present participle of 'arrogāre' (to claim for oneself, to assume, to appropriate). This is a compound of 'ad-' (to) and 'rogāre' (to ask, to propose). Latin 'rogāre' descends from PIE *h₃reǵ- (to straighten, to direct, to rule), the same root that produced Latin 'rēx' (king), Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, king), Old Irish 'rí' (king), and Gothic 'reiki' (realm). The
'Arrogance,' 'interrogate,' 'prerogative,' and 'abrogate' all come from Latin 'rogāre' (to ask). Arrogance is asking-toward-oneself (taking without permission). Interrogation is asking-between (cross-questioning). A prerogative is being asked-before (