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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "frei" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "frei" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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frei: is this free as in no price; free as in just got out of prison, or both?
Good question, I have added some notes to the entry now.
It’s only used in the sense of “no cost” in a few phrasings like “freier Eintritt”, but it won’t work in most other money contexts.
The main idea of it is “not bound”.