Etymology

timidly

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Today it means: In a timid manner. Full definition →

English timid ← Middle French timide ← Latin timidus
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The story

  1. Latintimidus
  2. Middle Frenchtimide
  3. Englishtimid
  4. English todaytimidly

From timid + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.