English

fordread

Fordread comes from Old English fordrǣdan ‘to terrify’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from for- + dread

Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘before, in front of’

Proto-Germanic *fra- ‘off, away’

Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’

English for-

Proto-West Germanic *andarādan ‘to be afraid, fear’

Old English ondrǣdan ‘to fear, dread’

Old English drǣdan ‘to fear, dread’

Middle English dreden ‘to fear or dread’

English dread

Every English word from Old English fordrǣdan

verb To be in dread of.

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