Where does “λιμπεραλισμός” come from?
λιμπεραλισμός (Greek) comes from French libéralisme, from French libéral, from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
λιμπεραλισμός (Greek): liberalism
Definitions
- liberalism
Ancestry of “λιμπεραλισμός”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | libéralisme | liberalism |
| 2 | French | libéral | libertarian, liberal; Libertarian, Liberal |
| 3 | Old French | liberal | appropriate for a free person; generous; giving |
| 4 | Latin | līberālis | freedom |
| 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 |