Timorous
/ˈtɪm.ər.əs/noun
Easily frightened; timid or fearful.
Did you know?Timorous comes from Latin timor, meaning “fear,” and shares that ancient root with words like timid and timidity, turning emotion into a linguistic inheritance.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tem-
“to tremble, fear”
Latin
Latin
timor
“fear, dread”
Latin
Latin
timorosus
“fearful, full of fear”
Middle English
English
timorous
“fearful, timid”
Modern English
English
timorous
“easily frightened; timid”
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