Etymograph

English

freety

From freet + -y.

Formed from freet + -y

Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- ‘to ask, woo’

Proto-Germanic *frehnaną ‘to ask’

Proto-Germanic *frihtiz ‘news, report, message, question, prophecy’

Old Norse frétt ‘news, intelligence, inquiry, inquiry about…’

Middle English frete ‘superstition’

English freet

Today it means

adj Superstitious; belonging to or pertaining to superstitions.

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

Etymograph / freety