Where does “libertarian” come from?
Libertarian derives from English liberty, from Middle English liberte, from Old French liberté, from Latin libertas meaning "freedom," built on Latin liber "free" with the Latin -tus suffix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ- and -teh₂.
libertarian (English): One who advocates liberty, either generally or in...
Definitions
- One who advocates liberty, either generally or in...
Ancestry of “libertarian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | liberty | The condition of being free from control or... |
| 2 | Middle English | liberte | freedom |
| 3 | Old French | liberté | — |
| 4 | Latin | lībertās | — |
| 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 |