inquiétude

See also: inquietude

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis

Proto-Italic *kʷjētis

Latin quiēs

Proto-Indo-European *-tu-

Proto-Indo-European *-d-

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Italic *tūdō

Latin -tūdō

Latin quiētūdō

Latin inquiētūdōlbor.

Middle French inquietude

French inquiétude

From Middle French inquietude (15th c.), a borrowing from Latin inquiētūdō. Earlier was the verb inquiéter (12th c.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kje.tyd/

• Audio:

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Noun

inquiétude f (plural inquiétudes)

1. worry, concern, trepidation

Related terms

• inquiet
• inquiéter

Further reading

• “inquiétude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012