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Where does “liberalisation” come from?

Liberalisation derives from Middle English -acioun, Old French -ation, Latin -atio and -tio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -ti- and -tis, which formed action nouns.

liberalisation (English): Alternative spelling of liberalization

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of liberalization

Ancestry of “liberalisation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishliberaliseAlternative spelling of liberalize
2EnglishliberalPertaining to those arts and sciences the study...
3Old Frenchliberalappropriate for a free person; generous; giving
4Latinlīberālis—
5LatinLīber—
6Old Latinloeber—
7Frenchloberto lob
8Frenchloblob
9EnglishlobTo throw or hit a ball into the air in a high...
10EnglishlongHaving much distance from one terminating point...
11EnglishlongitudeAngular distance measured west or east of the...
12Old Frenchlongitude—
13Latinlongitūdō—
14Latinlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...
15Latin-ē—
16Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
17Latincalceusshoe
18Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
19Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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