angoisse

Old French

noun

Definitions

fear, worry, terror

Etymology

Inherited from Latin angustia (narrowness, scarcity, distress, difficulty).

Origin

Latin

angustia

Gloss

narrowness, scarcity, distress, difficulty

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

angustia Latin
angustiosus Latin
angoscia Italian
angustia Italian
angoisse French
angoisser French
angoja Spanish, Castilian
angustia Spanish, Castilian
*h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
angústia Portuguese
angwissh Middle English
anguise xno
anguisse xno