Where does “liberalist” come from?
liberalist (English) comes from Romanian liberal, from French libéral, from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
liberalist (English): A liberal
Definitions
- A liberal
Ancestry of “liberalist”, step by step
liberalist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian liberal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | liberal | liberal |
| 2 | French | libéral | libertarian, liberal; Libertarian, Liberal |
| 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 |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via English liberal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | liberal | Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study... |