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(Inglese)

(conjugation-2, no-supine, transitive) to fear, be afraid of, apprehend, be apprehensive of
(conjugation-2, intransitive, no-supine) to be afraid, to fear, to be apprehensive

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[ˈtɪ.me.oː]

Of uncertain origin. One theory which links the term to Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark”) (for which compare tenebrae, tēmulentus) is semantically reasonable, but phonetically difficult. Compare Sanskrit तिम्यति (timyati, “to be quiet; to become quiet”), with matching conjugation and verb-of-fearing semantics (i.e. "is/becomes quiet" in place of usual "makes quiet").