Etymograph

English

liberalise

From liberal + -ise.

A compound of liberal + -ise

Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ‘to grow’

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Old Latin loeber

Latin līber ‘free’

Latin līberālis ‘befitting a freeman’

Old French liberal ‘appropriate for a free person’

English liberal

Today it means

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Etymograph / liberalise