Where does “deliberation” come from?
Deliberation comes from Old French deliberation, derived from Latin deliberatio, the noun form of deliberare meaning "to weigh carefully," from de- "thoroughly" and liber "balance or scales."
deliberation (English): The act of deliberating, or of weighing and...
Definitions
- The act of deliberating, or of weighing and...
Ancestry of “deliberation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | deliberation | — |
| 2 | Latin | deliberatio | deliberation, consultation, consideration |
| 3 | Latin | dēlīberō | to weigh well, consider maturely, deliberate respecting a thing, ponder |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |