Etymograph

English

liberaltarian

Coined by Brink Lindsey in 2006.

A blend of liberal + libertarian

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

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Coined by Brink Lindsey in 2006.

Today it means

noun An adherent to liberaltarianism.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / liberaltarian