Where does “libertação” come from?
libertação (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese libertar, from Latin lībertō, from Latin lībertās, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
libertação (Portuguese): release, liberation; deliverance; freedom
Definitions
- release, liberation; deliverance; freedom
Ancestry of “libertação”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | libertar | to free, liberate |
| 2 | Latin | lībertō | to liberate, exempt |
| 3 | Latin | lībertās | — |
| 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 | length, longitude; longness |
| 13 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 14 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 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 |