Where does “libertine” come from?
libertine (Latin) comes from Latin libertinus, from Latin lībertus, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob, from English long — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
libertine (Latin): vocative masculine singular of lībertīnus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of lībertīnus
Ancestry of “libertine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | libertinus | Of or pertaining to the qualities of a freedman;... |
| 2 | Latin | lībertus | — |
| 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 | — |
| 12 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 13 | Latin | -ē | — |
| 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 |