English

inaudacity

From in- + audacity.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Latin sōdēs ‘if you please’

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Latin audeō ‘to be bold, to dare’

Latin audāx ‘bold’

Medieval Latin audācitās ‘audacity, presumption’

Middle English audacite

Today it means

noun The property of lacking audacity.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / inaudacity