Where does “verecondo” come from?
verecondo (Italian) comes from Latin verēcundus, from Latin vereor, from Proto-Italic werēōr, from Indo-European *wer-.
verecondo (Italian): modest; chastened
Ancestry of “verecondo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | verēcundus | — |
| 2 | Latin | vereor | I have respect for, revere, stand in awe; I am... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | werēōr | be wary |
| 4 | Indo-European | *wer- | — |
Words derived from “verecondo”