peur

French

noun

Definitions

(countable) fear

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French peur inherited from Old French peor inherited from Latin pavōrem, pavor (fright, fear).

Origin

Latin

pavōrem, pavor

Gloss

fright, fear

Concept

Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

恐, 虞, 怖, 畏, 慄

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

pavor Latin
pavōrem, pavor Latin
peor Old French
por Catalan, Valencian
poruc Catalan, Valencian
peur Middle French
pavor Old Portuguese
pôre Friulian
paor Old Occitan
pè Haitian, Haitian Creole
peu Walloon
pair Louisiana Creole French