dangerous

The story

1. Old French · derived fromdangereus“threatening, difficult”
2. Anglo-Norman · derived from[Term?]
3. Middle English · inherited fromdaungerous“difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught with danger”
4. English todaydangerous

From Middle English daungerous (“difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught with danger”), dangerous, from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old French dangereus (“threatening, difficult”), from dangier. Equivalent to danger + -ous. Displaced native Old English frēcne.