English
freshie
From fresh + -ie.
Formed from fresh + -ie
Proto-Indo-European *preysk-
Proto-Germanic *friskaz
Proto-West Germanic *frisk
Old English fersċ ‘fresh’
Middle English fressh ‘fresh’
English fresh
The story
In the sense of an immigrant, shortened from fresh off the boat.
Today it means
noun A freshman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / freshie