Etymology

risk-free

Today it means: Free from or devoid of risk; safe. Full definition →

Old English frēo ← Proto-West Germanic *friu ← Proto-Germanic *frijwaz
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The story

  1. Vulgar Latin*resecum
  2. Old Italianrisco
  3. Italianrischiare
  4. Middle Frenchrisque
  5. Englishrisque
  6. Englishrisk
  7. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  9. Proto-Germanic*frijwaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*friu
  11. Old Englishfrēo
  12. English todayrisk-free

From risk + -free.

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