Where does “libertador” come from?
libertador (Spanish) comes from Spanish libertar, from Latin lībertō, from Latin lībertās, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
libertador (Spanish): liberating
Definitions
- liberating
Ancestry of “libertador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | libertar | to liberate, set free |
| 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 |