vapaaehtoinen

Finnish

adj
Definitions
  • volunteer of or pertaining to a volunteer.
  • voluntary done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
  • voluntary working or done without payment.

Etymology

Compound from Finnish vapaa (free, leave, here short for vapaaehtoinen - voluntary) + Finnish -ehtoinen (on terms, conditional to).

Origin

Finnish

-ehtoinen

Gloss

on terms, conditional to

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms