Where does “libertijn” come from?
libertijn (Dutch) comes from French libertin, from Latin libertinus, from Latin lībertus, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
libertijn (Dutch): a libertine, one who has loose morals
Definitions
- a libertine, one who has loose morals
Ancestry of “libertijn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | libertin | libertine |
| 2 | Latin | libertinus | Of or pertaining to the qualities of a freedman;... |
| 3 | Latin | lībertus | a freedman, an emancipated person |
| 4 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 6 | French | lober | to lob |
| 7 | French | lob | lob |
| 8 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 9 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 10 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 11 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 12 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 13 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 14 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |