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Where does “timidité” come from?

timidité (French) comes from Latin timiditas, from Latin timidus, from Latin timeō, from Latin Tīmaeus, from Ancient Greek Τῑ́μαιος, from Ancient Greek τῑμάω.

timidité (French): shyness

Definitions

  1. shyness

Ancestry of “timidité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintimiditastimidity; fearfulness, cowardice
2Latintimidusfearful, afraid, apprehensive, timid; cowardly
3Latintimeō—
4LatinTīmaeus—
5Ancient GreekΤῑ́μαιος—
6Ancient Greekτῑμάω—

Words derived from “timidité”

  • timiditate
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