Where does “Liber” come from?
Liber (English) comes from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob, from English long, from English longitude, from Old French longitude — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Liber (English): A god of viticulture and wine, as well as male fertility and freedom
Definitions
- A god of viticulture and wine, as well as male fertility and freedom
Ancestry of “Liber”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 2 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 3 | French | lober | to lob |
| 4 | French | lob | lob |
| 5 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 6 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 7 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 8 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 9 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 10 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 11 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |