Where does “unfreighted” come from?
unfreighted (English) comes from English freighted, from English freight, from Middle English fraught, from Dutch vracht, from Middle Dutch vracht, from Middle Low German vracht, from Old Saxon frāht, from Proto-Germanic fra- — passed , crossed.
unfreighted (English): Not freighted
Definitions
- Not freighted
Ancestry of “unfreighted”, step by step
unfreighted traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English freighted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | freighted | simple past tense and past participle of freight;... |
| 2 | English | freight | Payment for transportation; Goods or items in... |
| 3 | Middle English | fraught | — |
| 4 | Dutch | vracht | freight; a large amount, a mass |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | vracht | payment for cargo; freight, load, cargo |
| 6 | Middle Low German | vracht | freight money |
| 7 | Old Saxon | frāht | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |