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timeo.

to fear, be afraid of, apprehend, be apprehensive of

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈtɪ.me.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈtiː.me.o]
  1. to fear, be afraid of, apprehend, be apprehensive of

    conjugation-2 · no-supine · transitive
  2. to be afraid, to fear, to be apprehensive

    conjugation-2 · intransitive · no-supine
Where this word comes from

Of uncertain origin. One theory which links the term to Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark”) (for which compare tenebrae, tēmulentus) is semantically reasonable, but phonetically difficult. Compare Sanskrit तिम्यति (timyati, “to be quiet; to become quiet”), with matching conjugation and verb-of-fearing semantics (i.e. "is/becomes quiet" in place of usual "makes quiet").

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