English
free-bleeding
From free + bleed.
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 *blōþą ‘blood’
Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną ‘to bleed’
Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan ‘to bleed’
Old English blēdan ‘to bleed’
Middle English bleden ‘to cause to bleed’
English bleed
Today it means
noun The practice of abstaining from the use of tampons, pads, menstrual cups, or other menstrual hygiene products during a menstrual period.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / free-bleeding