English
frightment
From fright + -ment.
Formed from fright + -ment
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
noun fear, the feeling of being afraid
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / frightment