It is a Shakespearean word, first noted in a Midsummer Nights Dream, dated 1590
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The prefix for the word swagger is swag. Swag is a slang word that means money or valuables, and swagger is a slang word for a certain type of personality.
His swagger like walk and good looks caused him to get much attention
It is not known who first used the word swagger but the Oxford English Dictionary cites Thomas Taylor in his A commentarie upon the Epistle of St. Paul to Titus written in 1612: The cause that now they Swagger, and are masterlesse abroad, is because they were never well mastered at home.