Where does “liberte” come from?
liberte (Latin) comes from Latin libertus, from Latin liber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob, from English long, from English longitude — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
liberte (Latin): vocative singular of lībertus
Definitions
- vocative singular of lībertus
Ancestry of “liberte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | libertus | A freedman, an emancipated person |
| 2 | Latin | liber | free, independent, unrestricted, unchecked; open;... |
| 3 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 4 | French | lober | to lob |
| 5 | French | lob | lob |
| 6 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 7 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 8 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 9 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 10 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 11 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 12 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |