bold

(Engels)

Teenoorgestelde van

risk-averse, ;, conservative, reluctant

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbəʊld/

Geërf van Middle English

Geërf van Old English

Verwante met Nederlands

Verwante met Middle High German

Verwante met Duits

Verwante met Sweeds

Geërf van Middle English

Geërf van Old English

Verwante met Old High German

In summary

From Middle English bold, bolde, bald, beald, from Old English bald, beald (“bold, brave, confident, strong, of good courage, presumptuous, impudent”), from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, *bʰlē- (“to bloat, swell, bubble”). Cognate with Dutch boud (“bold, courageous, fearless”), Middle High German balt (“bold”) (whence German bald (“soon”)), Swedish båld (“bold, dauntless”). Perhaps related to Albanian ballë (“forehead”) and Old Prussian balo (“forehead”). Compare typologically Italian affrontare (“to face, to deal with”), sfrontato (“bold, daring, insolent”), both from Latin frons (“forehead”).