Where does “libertar” come from?
libertar (Romanian) comes from French libertaire, from Latin lībertās, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob, from English long — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
libertar (Romanian): libertarian
Definitions
- libertarian
Ancestry of “libertar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | libertaire | opposed to authoritative or illegitimate powers (political, economical, religious, military or otherwise); anarchist, anarchistic; (left-wing) libertarian |
| 2 | Latin | lībertās | — |
| 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 | length, longitude; longness |
| 12 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 13 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 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 |