English
fraidy
From afraid + -y.
Formed from afraid + -y
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
adj Afraid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fraidy