timid的词源
英文词源
- timid
- timid: [16] The Latin verb timēre meant ‘fear’ (its origins are not known). From it were derived the adjective timidus (source of English timid) and the noun timor ‘fear’ (whose medieval Latin descendant timorōsus ‘fearful’ gave English timorous [15]).
=> timorous - timid (adj.)
- 1540s, from Middle French timide "easily frightened, shy" (16c.) and directly from Latin timidus "fearful, afraid, cowardly," from timere "to fear," of uncertain origin. Related: Timidly; timidness.
中文词源
来源于拉丁语动词timere(害怕)派生的形容词timidus(害怕的)。
词根词缀： -tim-害怕 + -id形容词词尾
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：timid 词源，timid 含义。
来自拉丁语 timere,使恐惧，可能来自 PIE*teme,黑暗的，词源同 temerity,tenebrous.
来自拉丁语 timere,使恐惧，可能来自 PIE*teme,黑暗的，词源同 temerity,tenebrous.
