Where does “deliberative” come from?
Deliberative comes from Middle French délibératif, from Latin deliberativus, formed from the root liber meaning free, with the prefix de- and suffix -ivus.
deliberative (English): That deliberates, considers carefully; A...
Definitions
- That deliberates, considers carefully; A...
Ancestry of “deliberative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | délibératif | — |
| 2 | Latin | deliberativus | deliberative |
| 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 |