Where does “libertà” come from?
libertà (Maltese) comes from Italian libertà, from Latin liberta, from Latin lībertus, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
libertà (Maltese): freedom; liberty
Ancestry of “libertà”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | libertà | freedom; liberty |
| 2 | Latin | liberta | A freedwoman |
| 3 | Latin | lībertus | — |
| 4 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 6 | French | lober | to lob |
| 7 | French | lob | lob |
| 8 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 9 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 10 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 11 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 12 | Latin | longitūdō | — |
| 13 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 14 | Latin | -ē | — |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |