English
freecycle
Blend of free + recycle, popularized by The Freecycle Network and the general freecycling movement.
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
The story
Blend of free + recycle, popularized by The Freecycle Network and the general freecycling movement.
Today it means
verb To recycle by giving away an item for free.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / freecycle