Etymology

freet

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Today it means: A superstitious notion or belief with respect to any action or event as a good or a bad omen; a superstition. Full definition →

Middle English frete ← Old Norse frétt ← Proto-Germanic *frihtiz
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freet · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*frihtiz“news, report, message, question, prophecy”
  2. Old Norse · derived fromfrétt“news, intelligence, inquiry, inquiry about the future”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromfrete“superstition”
  4. English todayfreet

From Middle English frete (“superstition”), from Old Norse frétt (“news, intelligence, inquiry, inquiry about the future”), from Proto-Germanic *frihtiz (“news, report, message, question, prophecy”), related to Icelandic frétt (“news”), Icelandic frétta (“to review”), Danish and Norwegian fritte (“to question, interrogate”), English frain (“to question”). More at frain.

Freet · proper noun2

  1. German · derived fromFried
  2. English todayFreet

Americanized form of German Fried.

Words from the same roots

Old Norsefrétt all →

freit

GermanFried all →

Friedman

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.