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Where does “ektimi” come from?

ektimi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto timi, from Latin timeō, from Latin Tīmaeus, from Ancient Greek Τῑ́μαιος, from Ancient Greek τῑμάω.

ektimi (Esperanto): to get scared

Definitions

  1. to get scared

Ancestry of “ektimi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotimito fear
2Latintimeō—
3LatinTīmaeus—
4Ancient GreekΤῑ́μαιος—
5Ancient Greekτῑμάω—
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