Where does “craintif” come from?
craintif (French) comes from French crainte, from French craindre, from Old French criembre, from Latin tremere, from Proto-Indo-European trem-, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus — boundary, end.
craintif (French): worried, anxious, nervous
Definitions
- worried, anxious, nervous
Ancestry of “craintif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | crainte | fear; fright |
| 2 | French | craindre | to fear; to suck |
| 3 | Old French | criembre | to fear |
| 4 | Latin | tremere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | trem- | to tremble |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 7 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 8 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |