verecundia

synonym of vergüenza (“shame”)

Etymology tree Latin vereor Latin -cundus Latin verēcundus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin verēcundiabor. Spanish verecundia Borrowed from Latin verēcundia, from verēcundus (“feeling shame”), from vereor (“to respect, revere, fear”). Doublet of vergüenza and vergüeña, which were inherited.