freight

English

/fɹeɪt/

noun
Definitions
  • Payment for transportation.
  • Goods or items in transport.
  • Transport of goods.
  • (rail) A freight train.
  • (figurative) Cultural or emotional associations.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English freyght derived from Middle Dutch vracht derived from Middle Low German vrecht (cost of transport) derived from Proto-Germanic *fra- (for-, fully, away, prefix meaning completely), *aihtiz (property, possession, possessions) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (possession, ability, possess, own, have) prefix from English aught root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (possession, ability, possess, own, have).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eyḱ-

Gloss

possession, ability, possess, own, have

Concept
Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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