Where does “Liberland” come from?
Liberland (English) comes from English Liber, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob, from English long, from English longitude — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Liberland (English): A libertarian micronation (self-declared a sovereign state), located at Gornja Siga, in the border between Serbia and Croatia near the Danube river
Definitions
- A libertarian micronation (self-declared a sovereign state), located at Gornja Siga, in the border between Serbia and Croatia near the Danube river
Ancestry of “Liberland”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Liber | A god of viticulture and wine, as well as male fertility and freedom |
| 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 |