English
illiberty
Illiberty comes from Latin illibertatem ‘unfreedom’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEillibertatem‘unfreedom’
- Englishtodayilliberty
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEillibertatem‘unfreedom’
- Englishtodayilliberty
Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ‘to grow’
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Latin liber ‘free’
Latin libertas ‘freedom’
Old French liberté
Middle English liberte ‘freedom’
English liberty
Every English word from Latin illibertatem
Today it means
noun Synonym of unfreedom.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin illibertatem / illiberty