English
afraidness
From afraid + -ness.
A compound of afraid + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *priHós ‘beloved’
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Old French effreer ‘to disturb’
Anglo-Norman afrayer ‘to terrify’
Middle English afraien ‘to affray’
Middle English affrayed
English afraid
Today it means
noun The state or quality of being afraid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / afraidness