Where does “women's liberation” come from?
women's liberation (English) comes from English liberation, from Latin līberātiō, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
women's liberation (English): The freedom of women from sexism; equal rights...
Definitions
- The freedom of women from sexism; equal rights...
Ancestry of “women's liberation”, step by step
women's liberation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English liberation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | liberation | The act of liberating or the state of being... |
| 2 | Latin | līberātiō | liberation, release |
| 3 | Latin | līberō | to free, set free, liberate |
| 4 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 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 |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |