Where does “libera” come from?
libera (Italian) comes from Italian liberare, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob, from English long — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
libera (Italian): feminine singular of libero; inflection of...
Definitions
- feminine singular of libero; inflection of...
Ancestry of “libera”, step by step
libera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian liberare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | liberare | to free, set free, release, liberate, deliver,... |
| 2 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 4 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 5 | French | lober | to lob |
| 6 | French | lob | lob |
| 7 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 8 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 9 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 10 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 11 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 12 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 13 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Italian libero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | libero | free; clear, unobstructed; first-person singular... |