Where does “difident” come from?
difident (Romanian) comes from Italian diffidente, from Latin diffidentem, from Latin diffidere, from Latin diffido, from Italian fidare, from Vulgar Latin fidare, from Latin fīdō, from Proto-Italic feiðō — to compel, force; to trust.
difident (Romanian): suspicious, distrustful
Definitions
- suspicious, distrustful
Ancestry of “difident”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | diffidente | suspicious, distrustful; untrustworthy |
| 2 | Latin | diffidentem | accusative masculine singular of diffīdēns;... |
| 3 | Latin | diffidere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | diffido | I distrust; I despair |
| 5 | Italian | fidare | to entrust something to someone; see affidare; to... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | fidare | — |
| 7 | Latin | fīdō | to trust, put confidence in |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | feiðō | to trust |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéydʰeti | to trust |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeydʰ- | to compel, force; to trust |