{"era":"current","word":"frighten","meaning":"to cause fear in","children":[{"era":"1600s","word":"fright + -en","meaning":"to make frightened (causative suffix -en added)","children":[{"era":"1300s","word":"fright","meaning":"sudden fear","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"fyrhto / fryhto","meaning":"fear, dread","children":[{"era":"pre-500","word":"*ferhtaz","meaning":"fear","children":[],"language":"Proto-Germanic"}],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Early Modern English"}],"language":"Modern English"}