Where does “libertarianism” come from?
Libertarianism derives from English libertarian, itself from English liberty, which comes from Latin libertas (freedom, the state of being free) via Ancient Greek -μός and Proto-Indo-European -mós and -teh₂ suffixes, ultimately from Latin liber (free).
libertarianism (English): A political philosophy maintaining that all...
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- A political philosophy maintaining that all...
Ancestry of “libertarianism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Libertarian | A member of a political party or movement that... |
| 2 | English | Liberty | including |
| 3 | Middle English | liberte | freedom |
| 4 | Old French | liberté | — |
| 5 | Latin | lībertās | — |
| 6 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 8 | French | lober | to lob |
| 9 | French | lob | lob |
| 10 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 11 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 12 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 13 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 14 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 15 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 16 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 17 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |