Where does “cyberlibel” come from?
cyberlibel (English) comes from English libel, from Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
cyberlibel (English): The act or crime of making a defamatory statement (libel) about someone on the Internet; such a statement
Definitions
- The act or crime of making a defamatory statement (libel) about someone on the Internet; such a statement
Ancestry of “cyberlibel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | libel | A written or pictorial false statement which... |
| 2 | Middle English | libel | Any short and formal written text |
| 3 | Old French | libelle | — |
| 4 | Latin | libellus | a little book, booklet, pamphlet; a billet,... |
| 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 |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |