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"anxiety" in seven languages

Meaninganxiety

Spanish

ansiedad

/ansjeˈdad/

fem.learned

French

anxiété

/ɑ̃ksjete/

fem.learned

Italian

ansia

/ˈansja/

fem.other source · Late Latin ANXIA, from ANXIUS 'anxious' (same root)

Ansietà also exists but is less common.

Portuguese

ansiedade

/ɐ̃sieˈdadʒi/

fem.learned

Romanian

anxietate

/anksieˈtate/

fem.learned

Catalan

ansietat

/ənsiəˈtat/

fem.learned

English

anxiety

/æŋˈzaɪəti/

from Latin/French · Latin ANXIETĀS (partly via French)

English → ItaliananxietyansiaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: anxious, anguish.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ANXIETĀTEM‘anxiety’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

From ANGERE 'to squeeze, choke': anxiety is a tight throat. Spanish and Italian turned the Latin x into s; French keeps it, said [ks].

English relatives: anxious, anguish

Sound laws at work

-TĀTEM: -dad, -té, -tà

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In a sentence

  • esLa ansiedad afecta a muchos estudiantes.
  • frL'anxiété touche beaucoup d'étudiants.
  • itL'ansia colpisce molti studenti.
  • ptA ansiedade afeta muitos estudantes.
  • roAnxietatea afectează mulți studenți.
  • caL'ansietat afecta molts estudiants.
  • enAnxiety affects many students.

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