Where does “liberticidiu” come from?
liberticidiu (Romanian) comes from Italian liberticidio, from Italian libertà, from Latin liberta, from Latin lībertus, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
liberticidiu (Romanian): liberticide the destruction of liberty
Definitions
- liberticide the destruction of liberty
Ancestry of “liberticidiu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | liberticidio | liberticide the destruction of liberty |
| 2 | Italian | libertà | freedom; liberty |
| 3 | Latin | liberta | A freedwoman |
| 4 | Latin | lībertus | a freedman, an emancipated person |
| 5 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 7 | French | lober | to lob |
| 8 | French | lob | lob |
| 9 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 10 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 11 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 12 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 13 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 14 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 15 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |