English
anxietude
Anxietude comes from Latin anxitūdō ‘anxiety, anguish’, from ānxius ‘afeared, anxious, troubled, uneasy’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enǵʰ-1‘distressed, anxious’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*anɣō1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEangō1‘to bind, draw, press together’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEānxius1‘afeared, anxious, troubled, uneasy’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanxitūdō2as anxietudo‘anxiety, anguish’
- Englishtodayanxietude2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin anxitudo
- 2 Wiktionary, English anxietude
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enǵʰ-Wiktionary, Latin anxitudo‘distressed, anxious’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*anɣōWiktionary, Latin anxitudoreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEangōWiktionary, Latin anxitudo‘to bind, draw, press together’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEānxiusWiktionary, Latin anxitudo‘afeared, anxious, troubled, uneasy’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanxitūdōWiktionary, English anxietudeas anxietudo‘anxiety, anguish’
- EnglishtodayanxietudeWiktionary, English anxietude
Equivalent to anxiety + -tude
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- ‘to constrict’
Proto-Italic *anɣō ‘to constrict’
Latin angō ‘to distress’
Latin ānxius ‘anxious’
Latin ānxietās ‘anxiety’
English anxiety
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- ‘distressed, anxious’
angry, anger, eng, angrily, angst, 12 more
through Latin angō ‘to bind, draw, press together’
through Latin ānxius ‘afeared, anxious, troubled, uneasy’
Today it means
noun The state or condition of being troubled, worried, or anxious; anxiety.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “anxietude”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin anxitudo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- / anxietude