intrepidity

/ˌɪnˈtɹepɪdəˌti/in-TREH-pih-duh-tee

/ˌɪnˈtɹɛpɪdəˌti/in-TREH-pih-duh-tee

Meaningthe quality of being intrepid

Common meaning: fearlessness

inin, into; (before adjectives) not
trepidalarmed, jitteryLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1896 · scan
itynoun ending: being so, the quality of

‘in, into’ + ‘alarmed, jittery’ → intrepidity

Journey through time

Proto-Indo-European*tark-‘twist, turn round, torture, press’source
Latintrepidus, -a, -um‘alarmed, jittery’
Englishintrepid‘fearless’
Englishformed in English from intrepidintrepidity‘fearlessness’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Formed in English from intrepid + -ity.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), INTREPID, p.300 · scan

Roots

trepidus, -a, -um Latin “alarmed, jittery”

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