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- Middle French · derived frompusillanimité
- English todaypusillanimity
From pusillanim(ous) + -ity, from Middle French pusillanimité, from the ecclesiastical Latin pusillanimis, from pusillus (puny) + animus (spirit) + -ous. A translation of the Greek ὀλιγόψυχος (oligópsukhos, “faint-hearted”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.