fre
Middle English
/frøː/, /freː/
adj
Definitions
- free, independent, unrestricted:
- unblocked, clear, useable
- charitable, polite, virtuous
Etymology
Inherited from Old English frēo (free) inherited from *frī inherited from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (beloved, not in bondage, free).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*frijaz
Gloss
beloved, not in bondage, free
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- free English
- freedom English
- friend English
- *prey Proto-Indo-European
- *preyH- Proto-Indo-European
- *priHós Proto-Indo-European
- *frijaz Proto-Germanic
- *friþuz Proto-Germanic
- -frēo Old English
- freo Old English
- freodom Old English
- freolac Old English
- freolic Old English
- freolice Old English
- frēo Old English
- frēodōm Old English
- frēon Old English
- frēond Old English
- scotfreo Old English
- fredom Middle English
- freen Middle English
- frend Middle English
- frenden Middle English
- frenderede Middle English
- frendful Middle English
- frendles Middle English
- frendly Middle English
- frendman Middle English
- frendschip Middle English
- onfrend Middle English
- frelse Danish
- fri Old High German
- frî Old High German
- frī Old High German
- 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *frī gmw-pro
- fri Old Dutch
- frī Old Dutch
- fri Old Saxon
- frī Old Saxon
- fre Scots
- freend Scots
- fri Old Frisian
- frī Old Frisian
- vriene Yola