Pudor
/ˈpjuː.dɔːr/noun
In Latin, shame, modesty, or a sense of decency; in English, the term is used in scholarly or literary contexts for that concept.
Did you know?Latin *pudor* is tied to the same ancient root behind *pudendum*, the body part name literally meaning “that of which one should be ashamed,” showing how language encoded modesty as a social spell.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peu-
“to be ashamed, to feel shame”
Latin
Latin
pudor
“shame, modesty, a sense of decency”
Latin
Latin
pudendus
“to be ashamed of; shameful, modest”
English
English
pudor
“a literary or scholarly term for modesty or shame”