ENGLISH | LATIN | MANTRAKSHAR | ETYMOLOGY |
Afraid | Timidus | | |
Alarm | Terrorem | | Doublet of Lärm. |
alertness | Vigilantia | | from erta (“lookout, tower”). |
Amaze | Mirari | | from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound”) |
Anger | Ira | | Sanskrit अंहु (aṃhu, “anxiety, distress”). |
anxiety | Angustia animi | | from angō (“to distress, trouble”) |
Astonish | Obstupescere | | astun (“to astonish, confound, stun”), |
awe | Auctoritas | | |
Baffle | Confundere | | Perhaps related to French bafouer (“to scorn”) |
Bewilder | Perplexare | | From be- (prefix used as an intensifier) + wilder (“to lead astray; to go astray, wander”) |
Bliss | Beatitudo | | |
boast | Superbia | | |
brave | Fortis | | |
Calm | Tranquillitas | | may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), |
coward | Timidus | | |
crazy | Insanus | | |
cuddle | Collum fovēre | | |
dread | Metus | | from and- + rǣdan (whence read); |
enlightenment | Illuminatio | | inlighten (“to enlighten, illuminate”) |
enough | Satis | | |
fail | Deficere | | |
Flumoxxed | Confusus | | |
Fondness | Benevolentia | | perhaps related to fonne (“idiot”). |
forgive | Ignoscere | | |
Friendliness | Comitas | | equivalent to free + -nd. |
Glee | Gaudium | | |
Gloom | Tristitia | | from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”) |
godly | Divinus | | |
Greed | Avaritia | | Sanskrit गृद्धि (gṛddhi, “greed”), |
Grumpy | Aegritudinosus | | |
Guilt | Culpa | | |
happiness | Felicitas | | an alteration of Middle English happyn, happen (“fortunate, happy”), |
harass | Vexare | | possibly from hither + thither (compound ) |
hate | Odium | | |
Helplessness | Impotentia | | |
hopeful | Sperans | | |
hug | Complexus | | |
laughter | Risus | | |
Liking | Favere | | from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image; likeness; similarity”) |
Loathing | Abominatio | | |
Loneliness | Solitudo | | Shortened from alone. ( equivalent to al- (“all”) + one.) |
loose | Dissolutus | | |
Love | Amor | | Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “desire, greed”). |
mad | Insanus | | |
Modesty | Modestia | | |
ponder | Cogitare | | |
Pride | Superbia | | derivative of Old English prūd (“proud”). |
puzzlement | Perplexitas | | Possibly from pose (“to perplex, puzzle, interrogate”) |
quell | Sedare | | Cognate with German quälen (“to torment; agonise; smite”) |
Regret | Paenitere | | equivalent to re- + greet. |
religious | Religiosus | | |
rest | Quietus | | |
restless | Inquietus | | |
sadness | Tristitia | | related to sit |
Schadenfreude | Laetitia ex malis alienis | | Schaden (“damage, harm, mishap”) + Freude (“joy”) |
Scorn | Contemptus | | from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)) |
shame | Pudor | | |
shock | Perculsiō | | |
Sorrow | Dolor | | Sanskrit सूर्क्षति (sū́rkṣati, “worry”) |
think | Cogitare | | |
thrill | Exsultatio | | From Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) |
trust | Fides | | |
Wanderlust | Vagandi cupido | | From wandern (“to hike/wander”) + Lust (“joy”) |
wonder | Miraculum | | |
worry | Cura | | Compare Latin urgere (“to press, push”), |
Wrath | Ira | | |