Etymology

pudor

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Today it means: An appropriate sense of modesty or shame. Full definition →

Latin pudor
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  1. Latin · borrowed frompudor“sense of modesty or shame”
  2. English todaypudor

Borrowed from Latin pudor (“sense of modesty or shame”), from pudet (“it shames”), as is pudency (via pudentia).

Words from the same roots

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pudeur

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