Where does “freeboob” come from?
freeboob (English) comes from English boob, from English booby, from English bubby, from English brother, from Middle English brother, from Old English brōþor, from Proto-West Germanic brōþer, from Proto-Germanic brōþēr — brother.
freeboob (English): To not wear a bra beneath one's outher clothing
Definitions
- To not wear a bra beneath one's outher clothing
Ancestry of “freeboob”, step by step
freeboob traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English boob
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | boob | Idiot, fool; Idiotic, foolish; To behave... |
| 2 | English | booby | A stupid person; Any of various large tropical... |
| 3 | English | bubby | A woman's breast; bub; bubba; Alternative... |
| 4 | English | brother | Son of the same parents as another person; A male... |
| 5 | Middle English | brother | A brother or brother-in-law; a male sibling |
| 6 | Old English | brōþor | brother |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | brōþer | brother |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | brōþēr | brother |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰréh₂tēr | brother |
via English Free
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Free | Unconstrained |
| 2 | English | faller | One who falls; A fruit that falls from the tree,... |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |