afraid

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English word afraid comes from Old French effreer (scare, frighten)

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effreer (Old French)

scare, frighten

afrayer (Anglo-Norman)

disturb, startle

afraien (Middle English)

affraied (Middle English)

afraid (English)

(colloquial) regretful, sorry. (usually used predicatively, not attributively) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

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