free - Online Etymology Dictionary
https://www.etymonline.com/word/freefree (adj.) Old English freo "exempt from; not in bondage, acting of one's own will," also "noble; joyful," from Proto-Germanic *friaz "beloved; not in bondage" (source also of Old Frisian fri, Old Saxon vri, Old High German vri, German frei, Dutch vrij, Gothic freis "free"), from PIE *priy-a-"dear, beloved," from root *pri-"to love.". The sense evolution from "to love" to "free" is perhaps ...
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