English
fearlike
From fear + -like.
Formed from fear + -like
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to go through’
Proto-Germanic *fērō ‘danger’
Old English fǣr ‘calamity’
Middle English feer
English fear
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of fear.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fearlike