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fides
Latin · ancient
"faith, trust"
faith, trust, giving rise to fidere (to trust), combined with dis- (not)
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diffidere
Latin · ancient
"to distrust, to lack confidence"
to distrust, to lack confidence, from dis- and fidere
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diffidens
Latin · ancient
"distrustful, lacking confidence"
distrustful, lacking confidence, present participle of diffidere
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diffident
English · 1400s
"modest and lacking self-confidence"
settled as the English word for someone modest and lacking self-confidence
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