Etymology of the English word deliberate
the English word
deliberatederived from the Latin word
deliberatus (determined; worked out; resolved upon)
derived from the Latin word
deliberare (weigh, consider, deliberate)
derived from the Latin word
liberare (free; acquit, absolve)
derived from the Latin word
liber (book, volume; inner bark of a tree; children; child; free; unimpeded; void of; unconstrained, unrestrained, unencumbered)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leudh-using the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
derived from the Latin word
librare (balance,swing; hurl)
derived from the Classical Latin word
libra (scales, balance; level)
Date
The earliest known usage of deliberate in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
indeliberate,
deliberated,
deliberatingUsage
Word found in Modern English
