eerie
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪəɹi/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Proto-West Germanic *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Akin to Scots ergh, argh from the same Old English source. Doublet of argh.
unheimlich
estranho
griezelig
misterioso
étrange
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