haughty
‘proud, arrogant’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. hawtie, hawty, hautie, hauty < (a redundant extension of Haught) O.F. haut ‘main, principal; proud, noble, dignified; eminent; loud; grand, high’ < Lat. altus ‘high, grown tall’ + -y < awt < al- < Tamil al