English

scarebug

From scare + bug.

A compound of scare + bug

Middle English skerren ‘to frighten’

Middle English sker ‘terror, fright’

English scare

Middle English bugge ‘scarecrow, hobgoblin’

English bug

Today it means

noun A bugbear; an imaginary monster to frighten children.

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Etymograph / scarebug