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Where does “timidità” come from?

timidità (Italian) comes from Latin timiditas, from Latin timidus, from Latin timeō, from Latin Tīmaeus, from Ancient Greek Τῑ́μαιος, from Ancient Greek τῑμάω.

timidità (Italian): timidity, shyness

Definitions

  1. timidity, shyness

Ancestry of “timidità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintimiditastimidity; fearfulness, cowardice
2Latintimidusfearful, afraid, apprehensive, timid; cowardly
3Latintimeō—
4LatinTīmaeus—
5Ancient GreekΤῑ́μαιος—
6Ancient Greekτῑμάω—
Every word from Ancient Greek τῑμάω →