Where does “libela” come from?
libela (Romanian) comes from French libeller, from French libelle, from Latin libellus, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
libela (Romanian): to write a document
Definitions
- to write a document
Ancestry of “libela”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | libeller | to write; make out; write out; To price; price up |
| 2 | French | libelle | libel; libelle; inflection of libeller: ##... |
| 3 | Latin | libellus | a little book, booklet, pamphlet; a billet,... |
| 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 |