English
Libra
Libra comes from Latin lībra ‘scales, balance’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElībra‘scales, balance’
- EnglishtodayLibra
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElībra‘scales, balance’
- EnglishtodayLibra
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *līðrā ‘ingot’
through Latin lībra ‘scales, balance’
level, deliberate, equilibrium, deliberation, lira, deliberative, 9 more
Today it means
name A constellation of the zodiac, traditionally figured in the shape of a set of weighing scales, though earlier figured as the claws of Scorpio.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lībra / Libra