Where does “free” come from?
free (Galician) comes from Galician frear, from Latin freno, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
free (Galician): first-person singular present subjunctive of...
Definitions
- first-person singular present subjunctive of...
Ancestry of “free”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | frear | — |
| 2 | Latin | freno | I fit a bridle; I curb, restrain, check or brake;... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |