Where does “liberticide” come from?
liberticide (English) comes from French liberticide, from French liberté, from Old French liberté, from Latin lībertās, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — shoe.
liberticide (English): Causing the destruction of liberty; oppressive,...
Definitions
- Causing the destruction of liberty; oppressive,...
Ancestry of “liberticide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | liberticide | liberticide, liberticidal |
| 2 | French | liberté | liberty, 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 |