anxieux French · revision 15781

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1375, Raoul de Presles|origins=la angō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɑ̃k.sjø/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''anxieux''' (feminine anxieuse, masculine plural anxieux, feminine plural anxieuses)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|anxiōsus]], a medical term of the 5th century,^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(FEW|24, 667b) derived from [[la|anxius|t=troubled; troubling]], from [[m|la|angō|t=to squeeze, choke]], the source of [[angoisse]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Académie 9) The Grand Robert and Wiktionary derive it from “anxius” with the suffix “-eux”.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary) It replaced Old French forms inherited from “anxiōsus”, such as “ainsus” (12th century) and “entieus” (Froissart), which also meant “pensive, worried”.^(DHLF 1992) Whereas “angoisse” had a concrete, physical value, “anxieux” and “anxiété” are psychological.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Grand Robert and the GLLF date it from 1375 (Raoul de Presles);^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989) Rey gives 1529, of things, and 1533, of people^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989); Bloch and Wartburg date it as a medical term from 1793 and call it rare before the 19th century.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ After going almost out of use, the word was taken up again in medicine (1793) and then in general use in the 19th century.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005) ''Anxieux de'' “eager to” (mid-19th century) is a calque of English ''anxious to''; the noun ''un anxieux'' seems recent (Bernanos, 1929).^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ''Anxiété'' is much older (1190), with the senses “oppression” (1564) and “suffocation” (1585) in medicine.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) ''Anxieusement'' is from 1823.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1190 – ''Anxiété''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1375 – ''Anxieux'' (Raoul de Presles).^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1529 – Of things; 1533, of people.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1793 – A medical term.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1823 – ''Anxieusement''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * mid-19th century – ''Anxieux de'' “eager to”.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|anxious|alt=Anxious]], worried, uneasy: ''un candidat anxieux''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Showing anxiety: ''un regard anxieux'', ''une attente anxieuse''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''Anxieux de'': eager to.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(medicine)'' Accompanied by anxiety: ''états anxieux''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # An anxious person.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[angoisse]]

+ * [[anxieusement]]

+ * [[anxiété]]

+ * [[la|anxius]]

+ * [[en|anxious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}