angustus

Meaning

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) narrow, strait (especially of local relations)
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) close, contracted, constricted, small, not spacious
3. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively) short, brief

Concepts

narrow

constricted

cramped

close

strait

tight

slim

limited

closed

Synonyms

artus

tenuis

strictus

Translations

stretto

estret

estrecho

étroit

schmal

estreito

smal

nauw

eng

angosto

eng

στενός

dar

krap

Pronounced as (IPA)

[aŋˈɡʊs.tʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tight”) via a neuter s-stem noun *h₂enǵʰ-os (“narrowness”) combined with the adjective-forming suffix *-tós (equivalent to -tus). Comparative data does not establish when the adjective was derived, but its form would hypothetically correspond to *h₂enǵʰostos in Proto-Indo-European and to *angostos in Proto-Italic or Pre-Latin: this became angustus by the Latin sound change of vowel reduction, which replaced *o with /u/ in non-initial closed syllables. The neuter s-stem noun (Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-os, Proto-Italic *angos) would have evolved regularly in Classical Latin to *angus, *angeris if it had survived. Another word potentially derived from this noun is the name of the goddess Angerōna.
The root is also found in Latin angō and angor, and in German eng, Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ).
For the ending, compare onustus, venustus.