dirus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- fearful
- ominous
- (of character) dreadful, detestable
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *deiros derived from Proto-Indo-European *dwey- (fear).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dwey-
Gloss
fear
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
恐, 虞, 怖, 畏, 慄
Emoji
😨 😱
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dino- English
- Dinosauria Latin
- dīnosaurus Latin
- diro Italian
- Δείναρχος Ancient Greek
- Δεινοκράτης Ancient Greek
- Δεινοσθένης Ancient Greek
- Δεινόλοχος Ancient Greek
- Δεινόστρατος Ancient Greek
- δέος Ancient Greek
- δειλία Ancient Greek
- δειλός Ancient Greek
- δειλότης Ancient Greek
- δειματόω Ancient Greek
- δειμός Ancient Greek
- δεινός Ancient Greek
- δεινῶς Ancient Greek
- ἀδεής Ancient Greek
- *dedwóye Proto-Indo-European
- *dwey- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwey-mós Proto-Indo-European
- *dweynós Proto-Indo-European
- dinosaur Norwegian Bokmål
- dinosaur Norwegian Nynorsk
- δεινός Greek (modern)
- երկն Old Armenian
- երկնչիմ Old Armenian
- երկչոտ Old Armenian
- *dwáyšti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *deiros Proto-Italic