- diffidence
[diffidence 词源字典]
- diffidence: see defy
[diffidence etymology, diffidence origin, 英语词源] - diffidence (n.)
- c. 1400, from Latin diffidentia "mistrust, distrust, want of confidence," from diffidere "to mistrust, lack confidence," from dis- "away" (see dis-) + fidere "to trust" (see faith). Modern sense is of "distrusting oneself" (1650s). The original sense was the opposite of confidence.