English
angust
Angust comes from Latin angustus ‘narrow, close, contracted, constricted,…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enǵʰ-‘narrow, tight’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEangustus‘narrow, close, contracted, constricted, confined, small, not spacious’
- Englishtodayangust
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enǵʰ-‘narrow, tight’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEangustus‘narrow, close, contracted, constricted, confined, small, not spacious’
- Englishtodayangust
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- ‘narrow, tight’
anxiety, angry, anger, anxious, eng, angrily, angst, angina, 11 more
through Latin angustus ‘narrow, close, contracted, constricted,…’
Today it means
adj Narrow; strait; contracted; not spacious.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- / angust