English
frightable
From fright + -able.
Formed from fright + -able
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥k- ‘to fear’
Proto-Germanic *furhtį̄ ‘fear’
Old English fryhtu
Middle English fright ‘a fright or scare’
English fright
Today it means
adj Capable of being frightened.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / frightable