English

fearnaught

From fear + naught.

A compound of fear + naught

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to go through’

Proto-Germanic *fērō ‘danger’

Old English fǣr ‘calamity’

Middle English feer

English fear

Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht ‘nothing’

Old English nawiht ‘nothing’

Middle English naught

Today it means

noun A fearless person.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fearnaught