Where does “timiditate” come from?
timiditate (Romanian) comes from French timidité, from Latin timiditas, from Latin timidus, from Latin timeō, from Latin Tīmaeus, from Ancient Greek Τῑ́μαιος, from Ancient Greek τῑμάω — to pay honor to; to hold in honor; to treat honorably; to honor; to revere.
timiditate (Romanian): timidity, timidness, shyness
Definitions
- timidity, timidness, shyness
Ancestry of “timiditate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | timidité | shyness |
| 2 | Latin | timiditas | timidity; fearfulness, cowardice |
| 3 | Latin | timidus | fearful, afraid, apprehensive, timid; cowardly |
| 4 | Latin | timeō | to fear, be afraid of, apprehend, be apprehensive of |
| 5 | Latin | Tīmaeus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Τῑ́μαιος | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τῑμάω | to pay honor to; to hold in honor; to treat honorably; to honor; to revere |