English
freeflow
From free + flow.
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 *flōaną ‘to flow’
Proto-West Germanic *flōan ‘to flow’
Old English flōwan ‘to flow’
Middle English flowen
Middle English flowe
English flow
Today it means
noun A style of self-service restaurant or cafeteria where customers can select from various food items without waiting in a queue.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / freeflow