Etymology

free-flowing

Today it means: Moving freely. Full definition →

English flowing ← Middle English fre ← Old English frēo
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  3. Proto-Germanic*frijwaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*friu
  5. Old Englishfrēo
  6. Middle Englishfre
  7. Englishfree
  8. Englishflowing
  9. English todayfree-flowing

From free + flowing.

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