English
liberation
Liberation comes from Middle French libération, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ‘to grow’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁lewdʰ-‘to grow’root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600libération
- Englishearliest quotation 1995liberation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁lewdʰ-‘to grow’root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600libération
- Englishearliest quotation 1995liberation
Earliest quotation: 1995, Julius Evola, The Two Paths in the Afterlife: “People saw in the elders, who were closer to…”
Formed from liberate + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ‘to grow’
…
Old Latin loeber
Latin līber ‘free’
Latin līberō
Latin līberātus ‘freed, liberated’
English liberate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ‘to grow’
Today it means
noun The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- / liberation