English
protoliberal
From proto- + liberal.
Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’
Proto-Hellenic *pró
Ancient Greek πρό ‘before’
Ancient Greek πρῶτος ‘first’
English proto-
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
adj Similar to liberalism, but before its establishment.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / protoliberal