doubt
English
/daʊt/, /dʌʊt/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
- (transitive) To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
- (transitive) To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
- (transitive) To fill with fear; to affright.
- (ambitransitive) To dread, to fear.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English douten (be confused, be afraid worried, have respect reverence, hesitate, feel unsure, be in doubt) derived from Old French douter derived from Latin dubitāre (hesitate) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (two), *gʰeh₁bʰ- (take, grab, hold) inherited from Middle English dout derived from Old French doute root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (take, grab, hold).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰeh₁bʰ-
Gloss
take, grab, hold
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
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Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedoubt English
- doubtability English
- doubtable English
- doubtee English
- doubter English
- doubtest English
- doubteth English
- doubtful English
- doubtfuller English
- doubtfully English
- doubtfulness English
- doubthouse English
- doubtless English
- doubtlessly English
- doubtlessness English
- doubtsome English
- doubtworthy English
- house English
- misdoubt English
- misdoubtest English
- misdoubteth English
- misdoubtful English
- self-doubt English
- undoubtable English
- undoubtful English
- bivius Latin
- debitum Latin
- dubitāre Latin
- duo Latin
- dēbita Latin
- dēbitum Latin
- dēbēre Latin
- exhibitus Latin
- habilis Latin
- habilitās Latin
- habitus Latin
- inhibitus Latin
- prohibeo Latin
- dubitare Italian
- due Italian
- devoir French
- doute French
- douter French
- douteur French
- redouter French
- dudar Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)kep- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *twai Proto-Germanic
- gafeluc Old English
- द्व Sanskrit
- द्वि Sanskrit
- dout Middle English
- doutable Middle English
- doute Middle English
- douteles Middle English
- douten Middle English
- doutfull Middle English
- dabht Irish
- dabhtúil Irish
- gabháil Irish
- *dъva Proto-Slavic
- devoir Old French
- doutance Old French
- doute Old French
- douter Old French
- dubtar Catalan, Valencian
- دیگه Persian
- գօտի Old Armenian
- երկու Old Armenian
- argaib Old Irish
- congaib Old Irish
- dá Old Irish
- fo·gaib Old Irish
- foácaib Old Irish
- gabul Old Irish
- indocbál Old Irish
- turcbál Old Irish
- dooyt Manx
- doubte Middle French
- *dwau Proto-Celtic
- *gabaglā Proto-Celtic
- *gablā Proto-Celtic
- *gabyeti Proto-Celtic
- *wereti Proto-Celtic
- *dwáH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- dobtar Occitan
- *duō Proto-Italic
- *habēō Proto-Italic
- duldar Asturian
- *duwō Proto-Albanian
- dubitur Dalmatian
- *duu̯a Proto-Iranian
- *dwitī́yakarah Proto-Iranian
- wi Tocharian B
- *dúwō Proto-Hellenic
- douté Louisiana Creole French
- we Tocharian A
- wu Tocharian A
- dwai Old Prussian
- *duwō bat-pro
- dúbitar Interlingue