Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

arrogate  

 

to claim for oneself or appropriate to oneself without justification

 

Our forefathers arrogated the right to conquer Indians and confine them to reservations.  

 

Related English words: arrogation, arrogance, arrogant (making claims of superiority; excessively proud), arrogator

 

Latin root words: adrogo, adrogare, adrogavi, adrogatus - to associate with; to take to oneself; to grant; adrogans, adrogantis - assuming, haughty; adrogantia, adrogantiae, f. - assumption; haughtiness; rogo, rogare, rogavi, rogatus - to ask

 

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