Where does “-libet” come from?

-libet (Latin) comes from Latin libet, from Latin lubet, from Proto-Italic luβēō, from Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European lēw- — to sound, resound, sing out; to leave.

-libet (Latin): it is pleasing

Definitions

  1. it is pleasing

Ancestry of “-libet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlibetit is pleasing; it is agreeable; third-person...
2LatinlubetAlternative form of libet
3Proto-Italicluβēōto desire
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewbʰ-to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlēw-to sound, resound, sing out; to leave

Words derived from “-libet”

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