Etymology

freebanding

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Today it means: Illegal radio transmission outside of the permissible frequency range. Full definition →

English band ← Middle English band ← Old English bend
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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. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  9. Proto-Germanic*bandiz
  10. Old Englishbend
  11. Middle Englishband
  12. Englishband
  13. English todayfreebanding

From free + band + -ing.

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