Timorousness
/ˈtɪm.ə.rəs.nəs/noun
The quality of being timid or fearful.
Did you know?Timorousness comes from Latin *timor*, meaning “fear,” a root that also gives English *timid* and *timorous*—so the word literally carries fear as its core.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tem-
“to tremble, shake with fear”
Latin
Latin
timēre
“to fear”
Latin
Latin
timor
“fear, dread”
Old French
OF
timoros
“fearful, timid”
Middle English
English
timorous
“fearful, timid”
Modern English
English
timorousness
“the quality of being fearful or timid”