Where does “Liberian” come from?
Liberian derives from English Liberia, formed with the English suffix -ia (from Latin -ia, from Ancient Greek -ία) applied to a place name ultimately rooted in Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ-, meaning "to peel or strip."
Liberian (English): A person from Liberia or of Liberian descent; Of,...
Definitions
- A person from Liberia or of Liberian descent; Of,...
Ancestry of “Liberian”, step by step
Liberian traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Liberia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Liberia | — |
| 2 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 3 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 4 | French | lober | to lob |
| 5 | French | lob | lob |
| 6 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 7 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 8 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 9 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 10 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 11 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 12 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French libérien
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | libérien | Liberian |
| 2 | French | -ien | Denotes where something or someone is from; -ian;... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ien | -ian |
| 4 | Old French | -ien | -ian |
| 5 | Latin | -iānus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ānus | Of or pertaining to; -ian |
via Swedish Liberia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | Liberia | — |