An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Hoffart

by Friedrich Kluge

Hoffart, feminine, ‘haughtiness, arrogance,’ from Middle High German hôchvart, feminine, ‘living in high style, magnanimity, splendour, magnificence, haughtiness’; from hôch and vart; Middle High German varn, ‘to live,’ as in Wohlfahrt.