Etymology

freeskiing

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Today it means: A form of relatively extreme skiing, often occurring away from traditional marked courses Full definition →

English skiing ← 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. Englishskiing
  9. English todayfreeskiing

From free + skiing.

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