Where does “illiberalness” come from?
illiberalness (English) comes from English illiberal, from English liberal, from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — shoe.
illiberalness (English): The state of being illiberal; illiberality
Definitions
- The state of being illiberal; illiberality
Ancestry of “illiberalness”, step by step
illiberalness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English illiberal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | illiberal | Restrictive of individual choice and freedom;... |
| 2 | English | liberal | Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study... |
| 3 | Old French | liberal | appropriate for a free person; generous; giving |
| 4 | Latin | līberālis | freedom |
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |