## Etymology
The past participle of the verb 'fear', used adjectivally. 'Fear' is from Old English 'fǣr' ('calamity, sudden danger'), from Proto-Germanic '*fērō' ('danger'), from Proto-Indo-European '*per-' ('to try, risk').

## AI Etymology
Feared is the past participle of the verb 'fear', used adjectivally. 'Fear' is from Old English 'fǣr' ('calamity, sudden danger'), from Proto-Germanic '*fērō' ('danger'), from Proto-Indo-European '*per-' ('to try, risk'). Important recorded forms include fǣr (Old English) and *fērō (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers regarded with fear; dreaded. The wider family includes related words such as fear, fearful, fearless, and fearsome.

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