Where does “freerunning” come from?
freerunning (English) comes from English running, from English run, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
freerunning (English): Alternative spelling of free running
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of free running
Ancestry of “freerunning”, step by step
freerunning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English running
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | running | Moving or advancing at a run; Present, current;... |
| 2 | English | run | To move swiftly; To flow; To sail before the... |
| 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 | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 | fall | "To be moved downwards."; "To move downwards.";... |
| 4 | Middle English | fall | — |
| 5 | Old English | feall | Alternative form of fiell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fallą | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pōl- | to fall |