affray

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*prāy-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*friþuz“peace”
3. Frankish · derived from*friþu“security, peace”
4. Vulgar Latin · derived from*exfridāre
5. Old French · derived fromeffreer
6. Anglo-Norman · derived fromafrayer“to terrify, disquiet, disturb”
7. Middle English · inherited fromaffraien“to terrify, frighten”
8. English todayaffray

From Middle English affraien (“to terrify, frighten”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman afrayer (“to terrify, disquiet, disturb”) and Old French effreer, esfreer (“to disturb, remove the peace from”) (compare modern French effrayer), from Vulgar Latin *exfridāre. The second part of this is in turn from Frankish *friþu (“security, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace”), from *frijōną (“to free; to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- (“to like, love”). Cognate with Old High German fridu (“peace”), Old English friþ (“peace, frith”), Old English frēod (“peace, friendship”), German Friede (“peace”). More at free, friend.

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