Where does “liberaloide” come from?
liberaloide (Italian) comes from Italian liberale, from Latin līberālis, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob, from English long — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
liberaloide (Italian): A would-be or fair-weather liberal
Definitions
- A would-be or fair-weather liberal
Ancestry of “liberaloide”, step by step
liberaloide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian liberale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | liberale | liberal |
| 2 | Latin | līberālis | freedom |
| 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 Portuguese liberal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | liberal | liberal, generous, tolerant; liberal |