English

Freeman

* Proprialisation of freeman.

Formed from free + man

Proto-Indo-European *preyH- ‘to please; to love’

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Proto-Germanic *frijaz ‘free’

Proto-West Germanic *frī ‘free’

Old English frēo ‘free, at liberty’

Middle English fre ‘having the status of a freeman’

English free

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.