anxious
English
/ˈaŋ(k)ʃəs/, /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs/
adj
Definitions
- Nervous and worried.
- Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
- (of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
- Earnestly desirous.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (narrow, tighten, tied together, constrict).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂enǵʰ-
Gloss
narrow, tighten, tied together, constrict
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- anxiously English
- anxiousness English
- anxom English
- hyperanxious English
- hypoanxious English
- nonanxious English
- overanxious English
- overanxiously English
- overanxiousness English
- unanxious English
- unanxiously English
- unanxiousness English
- angustia Latin
- anxietās Latin
- κυνάγχη Ancient Greek
- ἀγχοῦ Ancient Greek
- ἄγχι Ancient Greek
- ἄγχω Ancient Greek
- *h₂(o)nǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enǵʰu- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂énǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃negʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nogʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European
- *angazaz Proto-Germanic
- *angustiz Proto-Germanic
- *anguz Proto-Germanic
- *ga-angwijaną Proto-Germanic
- anglo- Norwegian Nynorsk
- anglofil Norwegian Nynorsk
- anglofob Norwegian Nynorsk
- angloman Norwegian Nynorsk
- anglomani Norwegian Nynorsk
- Englisc Old English
- Englisċ Old English
- angren Middle English
- angra Old Norse
- angran Old Norse
- *ǫzъkъ Proto-Slavic
- 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- *anɣō Proto-Italic
- *anśtas bat-pro