English
fancy-free
From fancy + -free.
A compound of fancy + -free
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine’
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Medieval Latin fantasia
Old French fantasie ‘fantasy’
Middle English fantasie
Middle English fansy
English fancy
Today it means
adj Free of commitments or obligations
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fancy-free