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liber.

free, independent, unrestricted, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈliː.bɛr]Classical-Latin[ˈliː.ber]

  1. free, independent, unrestricted, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  2. freeman, freewoman

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  3. open (not decided or settled)

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  4. unbiased (pertains to lawyers)

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  5. exempt, void

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeros Proto-Italic *louðeros Old Latin loeber Latin līber Inherited from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeros, from *h₁lewdʰ- + *-teros. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros), Sanskrit रोधति (ródhati), Dutch lieden, German Leute, Russian лю́ди (ljúdi, “people”).

noun[ˈlɪ.bɛr]Classical-Latin[ˈliː.ber]

  1. book

    declension-2 · masculine

  2. the inner bark of a tree

    declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *lubʰrós Proto-Italic *luβros Latin liber Inherited from Proto-Italic *luβros, from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ-ró-s, from *lewbʰ- (“to peel, cut off, harm”), perhaps from *lew- (“to cut off”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic лꙋбъ (lubŭ, “bark of a tree”), Russian луб (lub, “the inner bark of a tree”), Lithuanian lùpti (“to peel, to shell”). See also English leaf, lobby, lodge, Ancient Greek λυπή (lupḗ, “pain”).

noun[ˈliː.bɛr]Classical-Latin[ˈliː.ber]

  1. singular of līberī: son; child (to a parent)

    declension-2 · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeros Proto-Italic *louðeros Old Latin loeber Latin līber Inherited from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeros, from *h₁lewdʰ- + *-teros. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros), Sanskrit रोधति (ródhati), Dutch lieden, German Leute, Russian лю́ди (ljúdi, “people”).

verb[ˈliː.bɛr]Classical-Latin[ˈliː.ber]

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lībō

    first-person · form-of · passive · present · singular · subjunctive
Where this word comes from

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