Where does “fiberal” come from?
fiberal (English) comes from English liberal, from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
Ancestry of “fiberal”, step by step
fiberal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English liberal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | liberal | Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study... |
| 2 | Old French | liberal | appropriate for a free person; generous; giving |
| 3 | Latin | līberālis | freedom |
| 4 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 6 | French | lober | to lob |
| 7 | French | lob | lob |
| 8 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 9 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 10 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 11 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 12 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 13 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 14 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via English fib
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fib | A lie, especially one that is more or less... |
| 2 | English | fibula | An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing... |
| 3 | Italian | fibula | fibula, calf bone |
| 4 | Spanish | fíbula | fibula; clamp connection |
| 5 | French | fibule | fibula ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin |
| 6 | German | Fibula | — |
| 7 | Portuguese | fíbula | fibula |
| 8 | Latin | fibula | clasp, buckle, brooch |
| 9 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 10 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |