anguish
English
/ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
noun
Definitions
- Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English angwissh derived from anguise derived from Old French angoisse derived from Latin angustia (narrowness, scarcity, distress, difficulty) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (narrow, tighten, tied together, constrict).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂enǵʰ-
Gloss
narrow, tighten, tied together, constrict
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anger English
- anger management English
- angerest English
- angereth English
- angerful English
- angerless English
- angerlike English
- angerly English
- angerness English
- angersome English
- anguishly English
- anguishment English
- anxious English
- angustia Latin
- angustiosus Latin
- anxietās Latin
- angoscia Italian
- angustia Italian
- angoisse French
- angoja Spanish, Castilian
- angustia Spanish, Castilian
- ἀγχοῦ Ancient Greek
- ἄγχι Ancient Greek
- ἄγχω Ancient Greek
- *h₂(o)nǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enǵʰu- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂énǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃negʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nogʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European
- angústia Portuguese
- *angazaz Proto-Germanic
- *angustiz Proto-Germanic
- *anguz Proto-Germanic
- *ga-angwijaną Proto-Germanic
- anglo- Norwegian Nynorsk
- anglofil Norwegian Nynorsk
- anglofob Norwegian Nynorsk
- angloman Norwegian Nynorsk
- anglomani Norwegian Nynorsk
- Englisc Old English
- Englisċ Old English
- anger Middle English
- angren Middle English
- angwischen Middle English
- angwischous Middle English
- angwissh Middle English
- angra Old Norse
- angran Old Norse
- *ǫzъkъ Proto-Slavic
- angoisse Old French
- 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- *anɣō Proto-Italic
- anguise xno
- anguisse xno
- *anśtas bat-pro