Maschile
Senso (Inglese)
nightmare
Concetti
Opposto di
rêve
sinonimi
Traduzioni
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/kɔʃ.maʁ/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
Inherited from Middle French cauchemare, from Old French cauquemare. By surface analysis, cauque + mar. Compare Walloon tchôcmwår. * First element from Old French cauche, from the verb chauchier (“to press”), from Latin calcare (“I trample, tread on”), from calx (“heel”), of uncertain origin. * Second element from Frankish *marā (“evil spirit”), from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (“nightmare, incubus”), from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“malicious female spirit”), from *mer- (“to die”); related to the homograph English mare. More at mare.
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