English
freeclimb
From free + climb.
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 *klimbaną ‘to climb, go up by clinging’
Proto-West Germanic *klimban ‘to climb’
Old English climban ‘to climb’
Middle English climben
English climb
Today it means
verb To go rock climbing without equipment. To participate in free climbing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / freeclimb