-free

Free from; devoid of; without.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹiː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -fre

Inherited from Old English: -frēo

Cognate with Dutch: -vrij

Cognate with German: -frei

Cognate with Danish: -fri

Cognate with Swedish: -fri

Cognate with Norwegian: -fri

In summary

From Middle English -fre, -freo (as in scotfre, gauelfre, gafolfreo, etc.), from Old English -frēo ("free; free from"; as in scotfrēo, gafolfrēo), from Proto-West Germanic *-frī (“-free”). Compare Dutch -vrij (“-free”), German -frei (“-free”), Danish -fri (“-free”), Swedish -fri (“-free”), Norwegian -fri (“-free”). More at free.

Translations

-frei

sans

senza

-vrij