vanagloria

vainglory; boastfulness

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- Proto-Italic *wānos Latin vānus Latin gloria Medieval Latin vāna glōriabor. Spanish vanagloria From Medieval Latin vāna glōria, from Latin vāna (“empty, groundless, boastful”) + glōria (“fame, ambition, boasting”). By surface analysis, vana (“vain; arrogant”) + gloria (“glory”). Cognate with English vainglory, Portuguese vanglória and Italian vanagloria.

only used in se vanagloria, third-person singular present indicative of vanagloriarse

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.