Editing Angst (section)

== Etymology ==
The word ''angst'' was introduced into English from the [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], and [[Dutch language|Dutch]] word {{lang|da|angst}} and the [[German language|German]] word {{lang|de|Angst}}. It is attested since the 19th century in English translations of the works of [[Søren Kierkegaard]] and [[Sigmund Freud]].<ref name="Merriam-Webster"/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/angst |title=Angst |dictionary=Dictionary.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=angst&searchmode=none |title=Angst |dictionary=Online Etymology Dictionary }}</ref> It is used in English to describe an intense feeling of apprehension, anxiety, or inner turmoil.

In other languages (with words from the Latin {{lang|la|pavor}} for "fear" or "panic"),<ref>{{cite web |title=pavor, pavoris [m.] C |url=https://www.latin-is-simple.com/en/vocabulary/noun/13344/ |website=Latin Is Simple |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> the derived words differ in meaning; for example, as in the French {{lang|fr|anxiété}} and {{lang|fr|peur}}. The word ''angst'' has existed in German since the 8th century, from the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] root {{lang|ine-x-proto|anghu-}}, "restraint" from which [[Old High German]] {{lang|goh|angust}} developed.<ref name="Collins">{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/angst |title=Angst |publisher=The Free Dictionary }}</ref> It is pre-cognate with the Latin {{lang|la|angustia}}, "tensity, tightness" and {{wikt-lang|la|angor}}, "choking, clogging"; compare to the [[Ancient Greek]] {{wikt-lang|grc|ἄγχω}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|ánkhō}}) "strangle". It entered English in the 19th century as a technical term used in [[psychiatry]], though earlier cognates existed, such as ''[[wikt:ange#Middle English|ange]]''.