Where does “liberalisme” come from?
liberalisme (Dutch) comes from French libéralisme, from French libéral, from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
liberalisme (Dutch): liberalism political ideology that prioritises relatively limited constitutional representative government, personal freedom and a degree of economic non-intervention
Definitions
- liberalism political ideology that prioritises relatively limited constitutional representative government, personal freedom and a degree of economic non-intervention
Ancestry of “liberalisme”, step by step
liberalisme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French libéralisme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | libéralisme | liberalism |
| 2 | French | libéral | libertarian, liberal; Libertarian, Liberal |
| 3 | Old French | liberal | appropriate for a free person; generous; giving |
| 4 | Latin | līberālis | freedom |
| 5 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 7 | French | lober | to lob |
| 8 | French | lob | lob |
| 9 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 10 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 11 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 12 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 13 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 14 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 15 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Dutch liberaal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | liberaal | liberal |