Where does “miedo” come from?

miedo (Old Spanish) comes from Latin metus — fear, dread; anxiety, awe.

miedo (Old Spanish): fear

Definitions

  1. fear

Ancestry of “miedo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmetusfear, dread; anxiety, awe

Words derived from “miedo

Every word from Latin metus
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