Latin

liber

‘bark’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin liber.

21 English words in this record descend from Latin liber, most familiar first.

• library ← librarie ← librarie ← librairie ← librarium
• liberal ← līberālis
• format
• liberty ← liberte ← liberté ← libertas
• liberalism ← libéralisme ← libéral ← liberal ← līberālis
• libel ← libelle ← libellus
• liberate ← līberātus ← līberō
• libre
• liber
• liberator ← liberō
• libretto ← libro
• libertine ← libertinus ← libertus

More words from liber

• illiberal
• liberality
• delibration
• inlibration
• librarius
• libricide
• libriform
• libellary
• liberform
• delivery

Etymograph / Latin liber