Where does “unfree” come from?
Unfree comes from English free, from Latin unus meaning "one," tracing back through Proto-Indo-European óynos, ano-, prēy-, ne, and h₂ent-.
unfree (English): Not free; especially of a tenant who was bound to...
Definitions
- Not free; especially of a tenant who was bound to...
Ancestry of “unfree”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | free | Unconstrained; Obtainable without any payment;... |
| 2 | Middle English | free | — |
| 3 | Old English | frēo | free, joyful |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *frī | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | frijaz | free |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | priHós | dear, beloved; happy, free |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preyH- | to love, to please |
Words derived from “unfree”