worry

Signification

Verb

1. To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
2. Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; to exercise.
3. To harass; to irritate or distress.
4. To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
5. To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
6. (obsolete) To strangle.

Noun

1. A strong feeling of anxiety.
2. An instance or cause of such a feeling.
3. A person who causes worry.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwʌɹi/

Étymologie

From Middle English worien, werien, wirien, wirwen, wyryȝen (“to choke, strangle”), from Old English wyrġan, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”).
Cognate with Dutch worgen, wurgen, German würgen. Compare Latin urgere (“to press, push”), Sanskrit वृहति (vṛhati, “to tear out, pluck”), Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string; squeeze”), Russian (poetic) отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”). Related to wring.