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Surprising Words Related to 'Freedom.' Double Subjects. Foop.

Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.

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Indo European - The Meaning of Love

In germanic languages, the word free existed long before english did. The original root form came from indo european which is thought to have existed more than six thousand years ago. Over time and through the process of linguistic novation, the meaning split so that some etymological relatives such as friends retained the loving meaning, while others only retained the not enslaved or under some one else's control meaning.

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