Where does “Libertarian” come from?
Libertarian (English) comes from English Liberty, from Middle English liberte, from Old French liberté, from Latin lībertās, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — shoe.
Libertarian (English): A member of a political party or movement that...
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- A member of a political party or movement that...
Ancestry of “Libertarian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Liberty | including |
| 2 | Middle English | liberte | freedom |
| 3 | Old French | liberté | — |
| 4 | Latin | lībertās | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “Libertarian”
- libertarianism
- nonlibertarian
- antilibertarian
- cyberlibertarian
- unlibertarian
- cyberlibertarianism
- paleolibertarian
- libertard
- geolibertarian
- glibertarian
- libertardian
- libertarianish
- libertarianize
- cybertarian
- anarcho-libertarian
- conservatarian
- cryptolibertarian
- illibertarian
- libertaari
- libertarianly
- libertopia
- libertopian
- libertopic
- libertopist