angoisse

French

noun

Definitions

anguish, distress
(psychiatry) anxiety
(philosophy) angst
fear, dread

Etymology

Inherited from Old French angoisse inherited from Latin angustia (narrowness, scarcity, distress, difficulty).

Origin

Latin

angustia

Gloss

narrowness, scarcity, distress, difficulty

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

angustia Latin
angustiosus Latin
angoscia Italian
angustia Italian
angoisser French
angoja Spanish, Castilian
angustia Spanish, Castilian
*h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
angústia Portuguese
angoisse Old French
angoissier Old French
anguise xno
anguisse xno

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