Where does “libertinage” come from?
libertinage (English) comes from French libertinage, from French libertin, from Latin libertinus, from Latin lībertus, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — shoe.
libertinage (English): The conduct or activities of a libertine;...
Definitions
- The conduct or activities of a libertine;...
Ancestry of “libertinage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | libertinage | The conduct or activities of a libertine;... |
| 2 | French | libertin | libertine |
| 3 | Latin | libertinus | Of or pertaining to the qualities of a freedman;... |
| 4 | Latin | lībertus | a freedman, an emancipated person |
| 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 |