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Number: 1328
Root: mormo(ro)-
English meaning: fear, terror
German meaning: `Grausen, grausig, bes. von Gespensterfurcht'?
Material: Gr. μορμώ, μορμών f. `Schreckgespenst', μόρμορος `Furcht', μορμο-λυκει̃ον `Schreckbild', μορμο-λύττομαι, μορμύνω `setze in Furcht', μύρμος φόβος Hes., Μυρμιδόνες eigentlich `das Volk der Schreckgespenster';

    lat. formidō `das Grausen, peinigende Furcht; bes. religiöse Ehrfurcht'; form- diss. aus *morm- (wie bei formīca : μύρμηξ).

References: WP. II 308, WH. I 532.
Pages: 749
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *bhorm-, *morm-
Meaning: fear, terrible ghost
Old Greek: mormṓ, gen. -ọ̄̂s, att. -ónos f. `Popanz, Schreckgespenst'; mórmoros = phóbos Hsch.; mǘrmos = phóbos Hsch., mórmē = khalepḗ, ekplēktikḗ Hsch.
Latin: formīdō, -inis f. `Gespenst, Vogelscheuche; Grausen, peinigende Furcht, Schrecken'
Russ. meaning: страх, страх божий
References: WP II 308
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