timeo

Meaning

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

Concepts

fear

😨

be afraid

dread

Synonyms

timere

formido

metuo

😨

paveo

vereor

veror

Translations

craindre

😨

ter medo de

temer

😨

temer

😨

témer

😨

korkmak

😨

témer

fürchten

😨

tenir por de

τρόμος

zagen

φοβάμαι

تَخَوَّفَ

schwanen

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈtɪ.me.oː]

Etymology

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").