effrayer

Meaning

to frighten, to scare, to affray

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.fʁɛ.je/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French effreer, from Old French esfreer, esfreder (whence also English affray), from a Vulgar Latin *exfridāre, itself of Germanic origin (with the prefix ex- added), from a Frankish *friþu (“security, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace”), from *frijōną (“to free; to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- (“to like, love”).

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