awe
English
/ɔː/, /ɔ/, /ɑ/
noun
Definitions
- A feeling of fear and reverence.
- A feeling of amazement.
- (archaic) Power to inspire awe.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English aw derived from Old Norse agi (fear, discipline) derived from Proto-Germanic *agaz (fear, dread, terror).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*agaz
Gloss
fear, dread, terror
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
恐, 虞, 怖, 畏, 慄
Emoji
😨 😱
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aweless English
- awelessly English
- awelessness English
- awesome English
- awesome sauce English
- awesomely English
- awesomeness English
- awesomenessness English
- awesomeosity English
- awesomest English
- awesometastic English
- awestricken English
- awestrike English
- awestruck English
- awful English
- awfulization English
- awfulize English
- awfully English
- awfulness English
- eye English
- goshawful English
- inawe English
- overawe English
- overawer English
- overawful English
- shitawful English
- stricken English
- strike English
- struck English
- unawesome English
- underawe English
- äkeä Finnish
- Ageredi Latin
- *h₂egʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂égʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *agaz Proto-Germanic
- aga Swedish
- ege Old English
- eġe Old English
- ēage Old English
- age Middle English
- agheful Middle English
- aw Middle English
- awles Middle English
- eifulle Middle English
- eiliche Middle English
- eye Middle English
- aga Old Norse
- agi Old Norse
- ave Danish
- 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *agi gmw-pro
- *agisōn gmw-pro
- egislīk Old Saxon
- aga Westrobothnian
- aisig German Low German
- eye
- awful
- inawe
- struck
- strike
- awfully
- overawe
- aweless
- awesome
- awfulize
- overawer
- stricken
- underawe
- awestruck
- awestrike
- shitawful
- goshawful
- unawesome
- awfulness
- awelessly
- overawful
- awesomest
- awesomely
- awelessness
- awestricken
- awesomeness
- awesomeosity
- awfulization
- awesome sauce
- awesometastic
- awesomenessness