English

freeship

From blend of free + studentship.

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

Today it means

noun A studentship offered at no cost to the student.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / freeship