Etymology

timidness

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Today it means: The property of being timid; shyness. Full definition →

English timid ← Middle French timide ← Latin timidus
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The story

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

From timid + -ness.

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