Where does “timid” come from?
Timid comes from French timide, from Latin timidus, meaning fearful or easily frightened, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -edʰos.
timid (English): Lacking in courage or confidence
Definitions
- Lacking in courage or confidence
Ancestry of “timid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | timide | — |
| 2 | Latin | timidus | fearful, afraid, apprehensive, timid; cowardly |
| 3 | Latin | timeō | to fear, be afraid of, apprehend, be apprehensive of |
| 4 | Latin | Tīmaeus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Τῑ́μαιος | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τῑμάω | to pay honor to; to hold in honor; to treat honorably; to honor; to revere |
Words derived from “timid”