history-free
|his-to-ry-free|
/ˈhɪstəriˌfriː/
without history / lacking recorded past
Etymology
'history-free' originates from Modern English, specifically the compound of 'history' (from Greek 'historia' via Latin 'historia' and Old French) and 'free' (from Old English 'frēo'), where 'historia' meant 'inquiry, account, narrative' and 'frēo' meant 'not bound, exempt'.
'history' changed from Greek 'historia' to Latin 'historia', then through Old French (e.g., 'estoire') into Middle English 'historie' and eventually modern English 'history'; 'free' comes from Old English 'frēo' and developed through Middle English to modern 'free'. The compound 'history-free' is a Modern English coinage formed by combining these two elements.
Initially, the components meant 'an account of past events' and 'not bound' respectively; over time the compound came to be used to mean 'lacking historical record' or, in technical contexts, 'not retaining history/logs'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
not having or relating to recorded history; lacking a historical record.
The artifact appears to be history-free, with no known provenance or dated records.
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Adjective 2
in computing or software contexts: configured or operating so that actions are not saved to a history (e.g., not stored in logs or browsing history).
Enable the history-free mode to ensure your searches are not kept in the application logs.
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Adjective 3
not influenced by past events; considered independently of prior history.
We need a history-free assessment of the proposal to avoid bias from previous attempts.
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Last updated: 2025/11/19 15:29