intrepid

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *trep- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin trepidus Latin intrepiduslbor. French intrépidebor. English intrepid From French intrépide, from Latin intrepidus, from in- (“not”) + trepidus (“anxious, nervous”).

1. Fearless; bold; brave.

   “Fewer than 70 years earlier, the intrepid James Cook in his ship Resolution had been the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.”