English
freehood
From free + -hood.
Formed from free + -hood
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
Probably modelled after German Freiheit (‘freedom’), Dutch vrijheid (‘freedom’).
Today it means
noun The state or condition of being free; freedom.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / freehood